A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2020167017. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020167017. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:37:46 / 9:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/06/20 / 2020-06-15 09:37:46 / June 15, 2020 @ 9:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -67.0041° West, latitude 17.951° North, depth = 4 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Morovis, Salinas (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fifty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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