A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 137 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico (85 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -65.4496 West, latitude 19.617 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 02:14:29 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15205001. Event ids that are associated: pr15205001. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 06:14:29 / July 24, 2015 @ 6:14 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 137 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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