A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 102 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (63 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.3304° West, 19.392° North, depth 59 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 14:44:50 / August 5, 2015 @ 2:44 pm. Unique identifier: pr15217024. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15217024. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:44:50 / 10:44 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days seventy, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-five 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 102 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico.
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