A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 118 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (73 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 05:09:57 / August 6, 2015 @ 5:09 am. Exact location of event, longitude -66.305 West, latitude 19.5347 North, depth = 40 km. The temblor was detected at 01:09:57 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr15218007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15218007.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 118 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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