A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:27:19 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 131 km (81 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16340007. Id of event: pr16340007. Exact location of event, depth 131 km, -65.1672° West, 18.6569° North. Global time and date of event 05/12/16 / 2016-12-05 07:27:19 / December 5, 2016 @ 7:27 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Río Grande, Ceiba, Luquillo. Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop).
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 two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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