A minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/06/20 / 2020-06-15 06:30:41 / June 15, 2020 @ 6:30 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2020167009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020167009. Exact location of event, depth 11 km, -66.948° West, 17.9511° North. The temblor was reported at 06:30:41 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Aibonito, Coco (min 5000 pop). 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), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 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 fifty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
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