A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 98 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (61 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 22:10:53 / August 5, 2015 @ 10:10 pm. The temblor was detected at 18:10:53 / 6:10 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15217032. Event ids that are associated: pr15217032. Exact location of event, depth 65 km, -66.362° West, 19.3526° North.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventy, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 98 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico.
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