A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:59:13 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/01/17 / 2017-01-19 01:59:13 / January 19, 2017 @ 1:59 am. Exact location, longitude -65.1524° West, latitude 18.239° North, depth = 8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr17019001. Unique identifier: pr17019001.
Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Piedras, Río Grande, Humacao.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
How would you describe the shaking?
How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 17 km ESE of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply