A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -65.1692° West, 18.5869° North, depth 86 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86 km (53 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15247003. Id of event: pr15247003. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/09/15 / 2015-09-04 22:44:54 / September 4, 2015 @ 10:44 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:44:54 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (36 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Santiago, Loíza, Río Grande. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 34 km NNE of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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