A minor earthquake magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9481 West, latitude 17.942 North, depth = 12 km. Event id: pr2020165009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020165009. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/06/20 / 2020-06-13 09:55:55 / June 13, 2020 @ 9:55 am. The temblor was picked up at 09:55:55 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Corozal, Aibonito (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-six and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 5 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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