A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 94 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (58 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.34 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/08/15 / 2015-08-25 05:27:21 / August 25, 2015 @ 5:27 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.3536 West, latitude 19.3222 North, depth = 30.34 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:27:21 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100034np. Unique identifier: us100034np.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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