A minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr2020166018. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020166018. The temblor was picked up at 18:12:34 / 6:12 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/06/20 / 2020-06-14 18:12:34 / June 14, 2020 @ 6:12 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -66.825° West, 17.9485° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (15 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dorado, Campanilla, Toa Baja. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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