A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 04:04:36 / 4:04 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020154009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020154009. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/06/20 / 2020-06-02 04:04:36 / June 2, 2020 @ 4:04 am. Exact location of event, longitude -66.878 West, latitude 17.9495 North, depth = 15 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Comerío, Corozal.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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