A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 119 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (74 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -66.2929° West, 19.545° North, depth 16 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:39:19 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/15 / 2015-07-31 03:39:19 / July 31, 2015 @ 3:39 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15212003. Unique identifier: pr15212003.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 119 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico.
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