A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 102 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico (63 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:32:01 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/15 / 2015-08-20 03:32:01 / August 20, 2015 @ 3:32 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -66.148 West, latitude 19.3904 North, depth = 13 km. Id of earthquake: pr15232000. Event ids that are associated: pr15232000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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: 102 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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