A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 98 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico (61 miles). Id of earthquake: pr15200014. Event ids that are associated: pr15200014. Exact location of event, longitude -65.4613 West, latitude 19.2425 North, depth = 124 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 124 km (77 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:18:04 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 14:18:04 / July 19, 2015 @ 2:18 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four 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 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 98 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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