A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 134 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico (83 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 09:34:16 / 9:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.3998 West, latitude 19.565 North, depth = 75 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15200024. Id of event: pr15200024. Global time and date of event 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 13:34:16 / July 19, 2015 @ 1:34 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75 km (47 miles).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 134 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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