A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 122 km N of Loiza, Puerto Rico (76 miles). The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:47:02 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 90 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 90 km, -65.7441° West, 19.5335° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15213005. Unique identifier: pr15213005. Global time and date of event 01/08/15 / 2015-08-01 05:47:02 / August 1, 2015 @ 5:47 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 122 km N of Loiza, Puerto Rico.
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