A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000adz1, pr2020170006. Id of event: pr2020170006. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/06/20 / 2020-06-18 06:18:23 / June 18, 2020 @ 6:18 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:18:23 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.0963° West, 17.9393° North, depth 11 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barceloneta, Orocovis, Coamo. Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km SW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
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