A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020163020. Id of event: pr2020163020. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/06/20 / 2020-06-11 09:25:29 / June 11, 2020 @ 9:25 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -67.6988° West, latitude 18.9171° North, depth = 2 km. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:25:29 / 9:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2 km (1 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, Aguada, Rincón. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 78 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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