A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 130 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico (81 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:27:32 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/17 / 2017-06-23 02:27:32 / June 23, 2017 @ 2:27 am. Unique identifier: pr2017174000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2017174000. Exact location, longitude -65.5145° West, latitude 19.5666° North, depth = 8 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 130 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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