A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/06/18 / 2018-06-19 01:14:33 / June 19, 2018 @ 1:14 am. Exact location of event, depth 31 km, -65.2705° West, 18.8883° North. Unique identifier: pr2018170001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018170001. The temblor was reported at 21:14:33 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fajardo, Luquillo, Charlotte Amalie (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 64 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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