A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018356018. Id of event: pr2018356018. The temblor was picked up at 13:00:40 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 84 km, -65.4021° West, 18.6451° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/18 / 2018-12-22 17:00:40 / December 22, 2018 @ 5:00 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 84 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Lorenzo, San Juan, Gurabo.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 39 km NNW of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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