A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 119 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (74 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -66.4065° West, 19.5471° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 08:33:54 / August 5, 2015 @ 8:33 am. The temblor was detected at 04:33:54 / 4:33 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15217017. Id of event: pr15217017.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days three hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 119 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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