A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009a71. Id of event: us70009a71. Exact location of earthquake, -67.4536° West, 18.9876° North, depth 10 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:46:31 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/05/20 / 2020-05-05 00:46:31 / May 5, 2020 @ 12:46 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Rincón, Moca (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days one thousand and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 66 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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