A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 127 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico (79 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.2407 West, latitude 19.6133 North, depth = 19 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:49:27 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15215001. Id of event: pr15215001. Global time and date of event 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 07:49:27 / August 3, 2015 @ 7:49 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 127 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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