A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 21:59:30 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020180045. Event ids that are associated: us7000adwi, pr2020180045. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9505 West, latitude 17.9468 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 28/06/20 / 2020-06-28 21:59:30 / June 28, 2020 @ 9:59 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas. The epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-four, in the last 10 days ninety-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
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