A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 11 km, -66.8936° West, 17.9353° North. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:42:10 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020162014. Id of event: pr2020162014. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/06/20 / 2020-06-10 18:42:10 / June 10, 2020 @ 6:42 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comerío, Corozal, Aibonito (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 4 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
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