A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/06/20 / 2020-06-02 23:45:11 / June 2, 2020 @ 11:45 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8353 West, latitude 17.975 North, depth = 13 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020154024. Event ids that are associated: pr2020154024. The temblor was picked up at 23:45:11 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Toa Alta, San Antonio, Guayama. Epicenter of the earthquake was 24 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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