A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 144 km N of Suarez, Puerto Rico (89 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 05:08:42 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 09:08:42 / September 5, 2015 @ 9:08 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15248010. Unique identifier: pr15248010. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.6187 West, latitude 19.7196 North, depth = 44 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 144 km N of Suarez, Puerto Rico.
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