A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 142 km N of Loiza, Puerto Rico (88 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/15 / 2015-08-01 03:58:23 / August 1, 2015 @ 3:58 am. Unique identifier: pr15213004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15213004. The temblor was reported at 23:58:23 / 11:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 16 km, -65.6692° West, 19.7014° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days sixty-seven, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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