A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 121 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (75 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15218004. Id of event: pr15218004. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 03:53:18 / August 6, 2015 @ 3:53 am. Exact location of event, depth 34 km, -66.2864° West, 19.561° North. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:53:18 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 34 km (21 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 twenty-seven, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 121 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico.
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