A minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 05:27:34 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/06/20 / 2020-06-01 05:27:34 / June 1, 2020 @ 5:27 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2020153007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020153007. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -66.8385° West, 17.9113° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Cidra, Vega Alta. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 26 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).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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