A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -66.9303° West, latitude 17.9295° North, depth = 9 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020159002. Id of event: pr2020159002. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). The 3.05-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:20:50 / 11:20 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/20 / 2020-06-07 11:20:50 / June 7, 2020 @ 11:20 am.
Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Manatí, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 5 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
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