A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 23/06/20 / 2020-06-23 23:06:54 / June 23, 2020 @ 11:06 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:06:54 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020175037. Id of event: pr2020175037. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.0325° West, latitude 19.1791° North, depth = 7 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). 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 Hatillo, Camuy, Quebradillas.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days one thousand and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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