A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 22.46 km, -67.5342° West, 18.9922° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a7y1. Id of event: us6000a7y1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/06/20 / 2020-06-08 17:47:48 / June 8, 2020 @ 5:47 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.46 km (14 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:47:48 / 5:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, San Sebastián, Camuy (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 71 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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