A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -66.9528° West, 17.9351° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2020165003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ab50, pr2020165003. The temblor was picked up at 05:57:07 / 5:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/06/20 / 2020-06-13 05:57:07 / June 13, 2020 @ 5:57 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corozal, Aibonito, Barranquitas. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 6 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
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