A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:35:31 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -65.3135° West, 18.6366° North, depth 73 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15187001. Unique identifier: pr15187001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73 km (45 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/15 / 2015-07-06 08:35:31 / July 6, 2015 @ 8:35 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trujillo Alto, Juncos, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 36 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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