A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020166000. Unique identifier: pr2020166000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/06/20 / 2020-06-14 00:32:23 / June 14, 2020 @ 12:32 am. Exact location, longitude -66.7525° West, latitude 17.9328° North, depth = 7 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 00:32:23 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Toa Baja, Campanilla, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (11 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 7 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico.
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