Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 120 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 120 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (75 miles). The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:39:15 / 2:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72 km (45 miles). Exact location of event, depth 72 km, -66.2593° West, 19.5543° North. Unique identifier: pr15211029. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15211029. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/15 / 2015-07-30 18:39:15 / July 30, 2015 @ 6:39 pm.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days seventy-seven, in the past 30 days ninety-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 120 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-66.2593° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.5543° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	72 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	120km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-07-30 18:39:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-08-04 00:46:02	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	REVIEWED	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	158	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	6	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.24955656	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.15 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	298.8	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr15211029	Id of event.
Event Code	15211029	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr15211029,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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