A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 20:52:02 / 8:52 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/01/18 / 2018-01-03 00:52:02 / January 3, 2018 @ 12:52 am. Exact location, longitude -65.3921° West, latitude 18.7418° North, depth = 43 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018003002. Unique identifier: pr2018003002. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43 km (27 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gurabo, San Juan, Humacao (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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