A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2020180030. Event ids that are associated: pr2020180030. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 22:41:38 / 10:41 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/20 / 2020-06-28 22:41:38 / June 28, 2020 @ 10:41 pm. Exact location, longitude -66.9603° West, latitude 17.9356° North, depth = 13 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days eighty, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
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