A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8228 West, latitude 17.9491 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/04/20 / 2020-04-28 05:05:41 / April 28, 2020 @ 5:05 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020119005. Id of event: pr2020119005. The temblor was reported at 01:05:41 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pájaros, San Antonio, Toa Alta. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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