A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 94 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico (58 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -65.3369 West, latitude 19.1592 North, depth = 34 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:57:28 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/07/15 / 2015-07-20 03:57:28 / July 20, 2015 @ 3:57 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15201007. Id of event: pr15201007.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 94 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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