A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 12:12:57 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/04/20 / 2020-04-04 16:12:57 / April 4, 2020 @ 4:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8416 West, latitude 17.9113 North, depth = 13 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). Unique identifier: pr2020095031. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020095031, us70008npg.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 27 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cidra, Vega Alta, Guayama (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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