A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16066002. Unique identifier: pr16066002. The temblor was picked up at 00:45:12 / 12:45 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/03/16 / 2016-03-06 04:45:12 / March 6, 2016 @ 4:45 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 58 km (36 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.2496 West, latitude 18.7029 North, depth = 58 km.
Close 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). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Santiago, Santa Barbara, Canovanas.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 44 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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