A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 82 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico (51 miles). Unique identifier: pr15218009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15218009. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38 km (24 miles). Global time and date of event 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 05:54:06 / August 6, 2015 @ 5:54 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9385° West, 19.239° North, depth 38 km. The temblor was reported at 01:54:06 / 1:54 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days sixty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 82 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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