A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:37:35 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/10/16 / 2016-10-25 12:37:35 / October 25, 2016 @ 12:37 pm. Event id: pr16299011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16299011. Exact location of event, longitude -65.3223 West, latitude 18.9843 North, depth = 31 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 75 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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