A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018260006. Unique identifier: pr2018260006. The epicenter was at a depth of 58 km (36 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -65.2305 West, latitude 18.6321 North, depth = 58 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:01:51 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/09/18 / 2018-09-17 12:01:51 / September 17, 2018 @ 12:01 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Canovanas, Punta Santiago, San Isidro (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). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 37 km NNE of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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