A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 118 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (73 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 39 km (24 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:15:26 / 5:15 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/05/16 / 2016-05-30 09:15:26 / May 30, 2016 @ 9:15 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.3964 West, latitude 19.538 North, depth = 39 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16151005. Unique identifier: pr16151005.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 118 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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Jennifer
This……woke me this morning. I thought someone had shaken me to wake up. After I got up, walking was like if in a rocking boat, once it stopped, I went back to bed. Was half asleep but knew something was up.