A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:24:39 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -65.3436 West, latitude 18.818 North, depth = 88 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 07:24:39 / July 23, 2018 @ 7:24 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 88 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2018204007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018204007.
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Canovanas (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Bay, Naguabo, Santa Barbara (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 57 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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