A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/09/20 / 2020-09-26 10:55:02 / September 26, 2020 @ 10:55 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:55:02 / 10:55 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000c1kr. Event ids that are associated: us6000c1kr. Exact location of earthquake, -67.0562° West, 17.919° North, depth 10 km.
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 Morovis, Manatí, Barceloneta. Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days seventy-five and in the last 365 days two thousand, six hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 6 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
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