A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:36:30 / 7:36 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020163016. Unique identifier: pr2020163016. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/06/20 / 2020-06-11 07:36:30 / June 11, 2020 @ 7:36 am. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8771 West, latitude 17.8541 North, depth = 13 km.
The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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