A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 121 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico (75 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 131 km (81 miles). The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:15:33 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15259004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15259004. Global time and date of event 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 07:15:33 / September 16, 2015 @ 7:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.6003 West, latitude 19.503 North, depth = 131 km.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 121 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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