A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/06/20 / 2020-06-09 13:49:27 / June 9, 2020 @ 1:49 pm. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:49:27 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.7471° West, 17.995° North, depth 12 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2020161024. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020161024.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Guaynabo, Levittown (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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: 3 km W of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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