A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, Puerto Rico region (0 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46 km (29 miles). Global time and date of event 30/07/15 / 2015-07-30 04:58:24 / July 30, 2015 @ 4:58 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -66.2884° West, 19.5004° North, depth 46 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15211003. Id of event: pr15211003. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:58:24 / 4:58 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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