A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Unique identifier: pr15241002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15241002. The temblor was detected at 18:48:58 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/08/15 / 2015-08-29 22:48:58 / August 29, 2015 @ 10:48 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -65.249° West, 18.8838° North, depth 48 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luquillo, Fajardo, Charlotte Amalie. Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and one and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 64 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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