A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -65.2173° West, 18.8859° North, depth 38 km. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:48:06 / 7:48 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/08/15 / 2015-08-26 11:48:06 / August 26, 2015 @ 11:48 am. Event id: pr15238007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15238007. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38 km (24 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola, Road Town, Luquillo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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