A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 108 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (67 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 19:56:29 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15211028. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002wi3, pr15211028. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/15 / 2015-07-30 23:56:29 / July 30, 2015 @ 11:56 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -66.3405° West, 19.4475° North, depth 50 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 108 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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