A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.82 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The 3.82-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:30:58 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.8323 West, latitude 17.9921 North, depth = 15 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ahkc, pr2020176002. Id of event: pr2020176002. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/06/20 / 2020-06-24 02:30:58 / June 24, 2020 @ 2:30 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Patillas, Guaynabo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 1 km W of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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