A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8636 West, latitude 17.8546 North, depth = 7 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/06/20 / 2020-06-17 17:33:19 / June 17, 2020 @ 5:33 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020169010. Id of event: pr2020169010. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:33:19 / 5:33 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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