A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -65.2041° West, 18.9612° North, depth 40 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/05/16 / 2016-05-30 06:36:22 / May 30, 2016 @ 6:36 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16151003. Id of event: pr16151003. The temblor was picked up at 02:36:22 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Culebra (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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