A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 10:27:24 / July 3, 2015 @ 10:27 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15184001. Id of event: pr15184001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68 km (42 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:27:24 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -65.2348° West, 18.6786° North, depth 68 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Barbara, Punta Santiago, Canovanas. Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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