A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/02/18 / 2018-02-03 06:56:47 / February 3, 2018 @ 6:56 am. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:56:47 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.307° West, latitude 18.95° North, depth = 29 km. Unique identifier: pr2018034004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018034004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra. Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 71 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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