A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.72 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 06/06/20 / 2020-06-06 09:50:21 / June 6, 2020 @ 9:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.6581 West, latitude 19.0281 North, depth = 7 km. Event id: pr2020158004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a73w, pr2020158004. The temblor was detected at 09:50:21 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla. The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 83 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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