A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 18/06/20 / 2020-06-18 00:50:14 / June 18, 2020 @ 12:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9324 West, latitude 17.9373 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000advf. Event ids that are associated: us6000advf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:50:14 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Aibonito, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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 SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
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