A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48 km (30 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.2938 West, latitude 18.898 North, depth = 48 km. The temblor was reported at 17:15:52 / 5:15 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15268007. Unique identifier: pr15268007. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/15 / 2015-09-25 21:15:52 / September 25, 2015 @ 9:15 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fajardo, Luquillo, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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