A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 148 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico (92 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:11:42 / 2:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 06:11:42 / July 24, 2015 @ 6:11 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.452 West, latitude 19.7136 North, depth = 30 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15205005. Unique identifier: pr15205005.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 148 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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