A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Fuig in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -66.9375 West, latitude 17.9706 North, depth = 15 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020170028. Id of event: pr2020170028. The temblor was detected at 22:58:46 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/06/20 / 2020-06-18 22:58:46 / June 18, 2020 @ 10:58 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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