A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020163026. Unique identifier: pr2020163026. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/06/20 / 2020-06-11 14:41:47 / June 11, 2020 @ 2:41 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 9 km, -66.8023° West, 17.9351° North. The temblor was detected at 14:41:47 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arroyo, Pájaros, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 22 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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