A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018002002. Id of event: pr2018002002. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/01/18 / 2018-01-02 04:13:37 / January 2, 2018 @ 4:13 am. The 3.38-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:13:37 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.2918 West, latitude 18.6438 North, depth = 59 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juncos, Las Piedras, Humacao. 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).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 37 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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