A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 62 km (39 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.3683 West, latitude 18.9755 North, depth = 62 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:09:21 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15213006. Unique identifier: pr15213006. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/15 / 2015-08-01 07:09:21 / August 1, 2015 @ 7:09 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fajardo, Luquillo, Culebra (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days ninety-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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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