A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr15251001. Event ids that are associated: pr15251001. The epicenter was at a depth of 101 km (63 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 01:42:26 / September 8, 2015 @ 1:42 am. The temblor was reported at 21:42:26 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 101 km, -65.2335° West, 18.3432° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop). Nearby 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Lorenzo, Gurabo, Carolina (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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