A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 20:53:55 / August 5, 2015 @ 8:53 pm. The temblor was reported at 16:53:55 / 4:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.3253° West, latitude 19.1713° North, depth = 94 km. Event id: pr15217034. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15217034. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 94 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Antonio (c. 6 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Antonio, Dorado. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 77 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico.
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