A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 117 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico (73 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 22:56:34 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/10/15 / 2015-10-22 02:56:34 / October 22, 2015 @ 2:56 am. Unique identifier: pr15295002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15295002. Exact location of event, longitude -66.1275 West, latitude 19.5277 North, depth = 38 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 117 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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