A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 121 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico (75 miles) on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86 km (53 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:00:57 / 4:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.4954 West, latitude 19.4773 North, depth = 86 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/02/16 / 2016-02-26 08:00:57 / February 26, 2016 @ 8:00 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16057006. Unique identifier: pr16057006.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 121 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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