A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 00:47:58 / April 15, 2020 @ 12:47 am. Unique identifier: pr2020106000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020106000. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -66.7573° West, 18.0168° North. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:47:58 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bayamón, Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km E of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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