A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 79 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (49 miles). Exact location of event, depth 86 km, -66.3701° West, 19.1842° North. The temblor was picked up at 16:53:26 / 4:53 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr15218028. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15218028. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 20:53:26 / August 6, 2015 @ 8:53 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86 km (53 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days eighty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 79 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico.
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