A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Monday. Global time and date of event 29/06/20 / 2020-06-29 04:57:52 / June 29, 2020 @ 4:57 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -67.084° West, 17.9465° North, depth 11 km. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:57:52 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2020181042. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020181042.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coamo, Ciales, Florida. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days two hundred and eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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