A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 87 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (54 miles) on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 15:58:08 / September 15, 2015 @ 3:58 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.3265 West, latitude 19.2611 North, depth = 90 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 90 km (56 miles). The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:58:08 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15258007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15258007.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 87 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico.
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