A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49 km (30 miles). Exact location of event, depth 49 km, -65.2265° West, 18.7497° North. Event id: pr17003005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr17003005. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/17 / 2017-01-03 19:54:14 / January 3, 2017 @ 7:54 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:54:14 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Río Grande, Tortola, Road Town (min 5000 pop). 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-four 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. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 50 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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