A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 04:15:58 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9248 West, latitude 17.9415 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000a458. Event ids that are associated: us6000a458. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/06/20 / 2020-06-02 04:15:58 / June 2, 2020 @ 4:15 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Barranquitas, Coco. Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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