A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 133 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico (83 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -65.4996 West, latitude 19.5925 North, depth = 67 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15202009. Unique identifier: pr15202009. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:57:29 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/07/15 / 2015-07-21 02:57:29 / July 21, 2015 @ 2:57 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 67 km (42 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 133 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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