A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 111 km N of Dorado, Puerto Rico (69 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 63 km (39 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.2498° West, latitude 19.4696° North, depth = 63 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 20:00:17 / August 5, 2015 @ 8:00 pm. The temblor was detected at 16:00:17 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15217033. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15217033.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
Did you feel anything?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 111 km N of Dorado, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply