A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 98 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (61 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 13:58:17 / 1:58 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15210013. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15210013. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.398 West, latitude 19.3563 North, depth = 72 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 72 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 17:58:17 / July 29, 2015 @ 5:58 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 98 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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