A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 106 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico (66 miles) on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/07/15 / 2015-07-22 03:32:57 / July 22, 2015 @ 3:32 am. The temblor was detected at 23:32:57 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 107 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15203004. Id of event: pr15203004. Exact location, longitude -65.9134° West, latitude 19.4141° North, depth = 107 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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