A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 77 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico (48 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15204026. Unique identifier: pr15204026. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/07/15 / 2015-07-23 21:29:16 / July 23, 2015 @ 9:29 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23 km (14 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:29:16 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.4329 West, latitude 19.1632 North, depth = 23 km.
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 77 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico.
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