A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 133 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico (83 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.3632 West, latitude 19.5419 North, depth = 88 km. Global time and date of event 19/08/15 / 2015-08-19 01:51:35 / August 19, 2015 @ 1:51 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 21:51:35 / 9:51 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15231001. Event ids that are associated: pr15231001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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