A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Fuig in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.9263° West, 17.984° North. The temblor was reported at 00:55:53 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/06/20 / 2020-06-02 00:55:53 / June 2, 2020 @ 12:55 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a41p. Unique identifier: us6000a41p.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naranjito, Ceiba, Vega Alta. Epicenter of the earthquake was 33 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-one and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 1 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico.
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