A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Espino in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.0551° West, latitude 18.2698° North, depth = 21 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/04/20 / 2020-04-25 11:30:21 / April 25, 2020 @ 11:30 am. Unique identifier: pr2020116009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020116009. The temblor was detected at 07:30:21 / 7:30 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Coamo, Santa Isabel (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, four hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km E of Espino, Puerto Rico.
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