A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -67.699° West, 18.9158° North, depth 2 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/06/20 / 2020-06-10 00:29:04 / June 10, 2020 @ 12:29 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2 km (1 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:29:04 / 12:29 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2020162001. Event ids that are associated: us6000a907, pr2020162001.
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Rincón, Aguadilla. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 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: 78 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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