A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Luquillo in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.25-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:26:44 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.3796° West, latitude 19.0195° North, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 20:26:44 / June 3, 2018 @ 8:26 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2018154007. Event ids that are associated: pr2018154007.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luquillo, Culebra (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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