A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/24 / 2024-10-06 15:57:26 / October 6, 2024 @ 3:57 pm. Exact location of event, depth 59.52 km, -65.1955° West, 18.667166666667° North. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:57:26 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.52 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr71461933. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71461933.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Isidro, Loíza, Naguabo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km NNE of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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