A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.8381° West, 17.9225° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/06/20 / 2020-06-09 04:48:49 / June 9, 2020 @ 4:48 am UTC/GMT. The 3.22-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:48:49 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020161011. Id of event: pr2020161011. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Guayama, Cidra (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 8 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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