A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 110 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (68 miles). Unique identifier: pr15251007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15251007. Exact location of earthquake, -66.3001° West, 19.4685° North, depth 61 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 61 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:14:19 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 19:14:19 / September 8, 2015 @ 7:14 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 110 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico.
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