A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 09/06/20 / 2020-06-09 16:16:23 / June 9, 2020 @ 4:16 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -67.6743° West, latitude 18.9558° North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.35-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:16:23 / 4:16 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020161027. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a8m2, pr2020161027.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Aguadilla. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 79 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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