A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 96 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (60 miles). Id of earthquake: pr15217036. Event ids that are associated: pr15217036. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:34:24 / 6:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 10:34:24 / August 5, 2015 @ 10:34 am. Exact location, longitude -66.3048° West, latitude 19.3425° North, depth = 64 km.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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-three, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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