A minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. Event id: pr2020154008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a458, pr2020154008. Exact location of event, longitude -66.946 West, latitude 17.961 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 02/06/20 / 2020-06-02 04:15:59 / June 2, 2020 @ 4:15 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 04:15:59 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Alta, Comerío, Vega Baja (min 5000 pop).
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 fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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