A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:30:50 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.3125° West, latitude 18.5851° North, depth = 58 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15206019. Id of event: pr15206019. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 21:30:50 / July 25, 2015 @ 9:30 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gurabo, Trujillo Alto, Tortola.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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