A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38 km (24 miles). Global time and date of event 08/06/20 / 2020-06-08 18:00:33 / June 8, 2020 @ 6:00 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:00:33 / 6:00 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020160009. Event ids that are associated: us6000a7yg, pr2020160009. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.5845 West, latitude 19.048 North, depth = 38 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 80 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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