A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Monday. Global time and date of event 01/06/20 / 2020-06-01 04:27:07 / June 1, 2020 @ 4:27 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.8426° West, latitude 17.9295° North, depth = 12 km. The temblor was detected at 04:27:07 / 4:27 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020153005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020153005.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Guayama, Cidra (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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