A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 82 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico (51 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:18:28 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.5309° West, latitude 19.2024° North, depth = 19 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/16 / 2016-07-15 07:18:28 / July 15, 2016 @ 7:18 am. Id of earthquake: pr16197003. Event ids that are associated: pr16197003. The epicenter was at a depth of 19 km (12 miles).
Each 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 two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 82 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico.
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