A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018273005. Unique identifier: pr2018273005. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/09/18 / 2018-09-30 08:34:25 / September 30, 2018 @ 8:34 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -65.2163 West, latitude 18.9413 North, depth = 31 km. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:34:25 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Charlotte Amalie, Culebra (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). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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