A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 98 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (61 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.3619° West, 19.3579° North, depth 78 km. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:17:39 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 78 km (48 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15218011. Unique identifier: pr15218011. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 11:17:39 / August 6, 2015 @ 11:17 am.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days eighty, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 98 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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