A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.64 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Fuig in Puerto Rico on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/20 / 2020-07-03 21:17:39 / July 3, 2020 @ 9:17 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ahkj, pr2020185015. Unique identifier: pr2020185015. The temblor was reported at 21:17:39 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.9786° West, latitude 17.964° North, depth = 6 km.
Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Vega Alta, Comerío.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventeen, in the past 30 days two hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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