A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 03:04:06 / 3:04 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020175004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020175004. The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/20 / 2020-06-23 03:04:06 / June 23, 2020 @ 3:04 am. Exact location of event, depth 11 km, -67.0941° West, 17.9473° North.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coamo, Ciales, Santa Isabel (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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