A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 117 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico (73 miles) on Monday. Exact location, longitude -65.5459° West, latitude 19.4552° North, depth = 93 km. Event id: pr15202000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15202000. Global time and date of event 21/07/15 / 2015-07-21 02:05:59 / July 21, 2015 @ 2:05 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 93 km (58 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:05:59 / 10:05 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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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: 117 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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