A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 09/06/20 / 2020-06-09 00:45:31 / June 9, 2020 @ 12:45 am UTC/GMT. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:45:31 / 12:45 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -66.7965° West, latitude 17.9752° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000a86j. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a86j.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria, Arroyo. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 3 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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