A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/04/20 / 2020-04-04 01:08:12 / April 4, 2020 @ 1:08 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.8452° West, 17.9513° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70008n8d. Unique identifier: us70008n8d. The temblor was picked up at 21:08:12 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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