A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 138 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico (86 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 01:25:15 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.5279 West, latitude 19.638 North, depth = 52 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 05:25:15 / July 25, 2015 @ 5:25 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr15206002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15206002.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 138 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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