A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/02/18 / 2018-02-07 16:12:58 / February 7, 2018 @ 4:12 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -65.2095° West, 18.841° North, depth 11 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018038005. Id of event: pr2018038005. The temblor was picked up at 12:12:58 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles).
Close 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 cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabel Segunda, Ceiba, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 60 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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