A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9455° West, 17.9435° North, depth 11 km. The temblor was detected at 09:36:07 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/06/20 / 2020-06-13 09:36:07 / June 13, 2020 @ 9:36 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ab7n, pr2020165008. Unique identifier: pr2020165008.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Alta, Comerío, Vega Baja (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter 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 (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 5 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
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