A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 113 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (70 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 00:18:26 / August 6, 2015 @ 12:18 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:18:26 / 8:18 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15218002. Unique identifier: pr15218002. Exact location of event, longitude -66.3215 West, latitude 19.4923 North, depth = 38 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 113 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico.
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