A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/06/20 / 2020-06-09 08:08:05 / June 9, 2020 @ 8:08 am UTC/GMT. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:08:05 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020161017. Id of event: pr2020161017. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7456 West, latitude 17.924 North, depth = 6 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ingenio, Candelaria Arenas, Dorado (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (11 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 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-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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