A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020158008. Id of event: pr2020158008. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/20 / 2020-06-06 13:01:45 / June 6, 2020 @ 1:01 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:01:45 / 1:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 15 km, -66.846° West, 17.9628° North.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Ceiba, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 4 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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