Minor earthquake: M3.13 quake has struck near Culebra in Puerto Rico

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/11/18 / 2018-11-10 14:55:52 / November 10, 2018 @ 2:55 pm. The temblor was detected at 10:55:52 / 10:55 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018314010. Id of event: pr2018314010. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -65.3286 West, latitude 18.8113 North, depth = 34 km.

Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Canovanas (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naguabo, Santa Barbara, Cruz Bay (min 5000 pop).

Every 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 six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 56 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.13 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-65.3286° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.8113° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-11-10 14:55:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-11-10 16:42:09	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	151	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	4	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.0536	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	328	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr2018314010	Id of event.
Event Code	2018314010	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2018314010,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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