A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.47 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Trujillo Alto in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 121 km (75 miles). The 3.47-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:08:12 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/06/20 / 2020-06-13 10:08:12 / June 13, 2020 @ 10:08 am. Exact location, longitude -66.0396° West, latitude 18.4006° North, depth = 121 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ab81, pr2020165010. Id of event: pr2020165010.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Peñuelas, Culebra. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days two thousand and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km NW of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico.
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