A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 111 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico (69 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -65.2894° West, 19.3066° North, depth 41.2 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 41.2 km (26 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:54:30 / 1:54 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/03/18 / 2018-03-06 17:54:30 / March 6, 2018 @ 5:54 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000dd70. Event ids that are associated: pt18065001, us2000dd70.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 111 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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