A minor earthquake magnitude 3.72 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/06/20 / 2020-06-15 02:51:20 / June 15, 2020 @ 2:51 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000abz8, pr2020167004. Id of event: pr2020167004. The temblor was picked up at 02:51:20 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.6775° West, 19.0181° North, depth 4 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and fourteen 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.
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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. 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: 84 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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