A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -65.351° West, 18.9944° North, depth 16 km. Event id: pr15192001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15192001. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/15 / 2015-07-11 08:48:12 / July 11, 2015 @ 8:48 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16 km (10 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:48:12 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luquillo, Culebra (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 76 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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