A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:11:12 / 8:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -65.2546° West, 18.9764° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 12:11:12 / July 19, 2015 @ 12:11 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr15200019. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15200019. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 74 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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