A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020186042. Unique identifier: pr2020186042. Exact location, longitude -67.0013° West, latitude 17.9695° North, depth = 5 km. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:29:17 / 7:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/20 / 2020-07-04 19:29:17 / July 4, 2020 @ 7:29 pm.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coco, Barranquitas, Salinas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 eighty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, four hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 4 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
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