A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:20:38 / 2:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.1663° West, latitude 19.0764° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/20 / 2020-06-18 02:20:38 / June 18, 2020 @ 2:20 am. Event id: us6000advy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000advy.
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Moca, Hatillo.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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