A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 119 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (74 miles) on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/08/15 / 2015-08-07 05:31:27 / August 7, 2015 @ 5:31 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:31:27 / 1:31 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15219011. Unique identifier: pr15219011. Exact location of earthquake, -66.345° West, 19.5431° North, depth 50 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 50 km (31 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. 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: 119 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico.
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