A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54 km (34 miles). Exact location, longitude -65.2723° West, latitude 18.7345° North, depth = 54 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019325004. Id of event: pr2019325004. Global time and date of event 21/11/19 / 2019-11-21 03:18:51 / November 21, 2019 @ 3:18 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:18:51 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter).
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 61 km (38 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Barbara, Tortola, Canovanas (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 47 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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