A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 86 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico (53 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/09/16 / 2016-09-09 10:09:03 / September 9, 2016 @ 10:09 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 06:09:03 / 6:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.2894° West, latitude 19.0858° North, depth = 57 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16253001. Id of event: pr16253001. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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