A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020154002. Id of event: pr2020154002. Exact location of event, depth 13 km, -66.8773° West, 17.9536° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/06/20 / 2020-06-02 01:00:40 / June 2, 2020 @ 1:00 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 01:00:40 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Cayey, Naranjito.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 3 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico.
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