A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 12:20:00 / August 5, 2015 @ 12:20 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 08:20:00 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 104 km (65 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.3151 West, latitude 19.1723 North, depth = 104 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15217015. Unique identifier: pr15217015.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ceiba (c. 6 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barceloneta, Ingenio, Levittown (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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