A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 99 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico (62 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017249000. Id of event: pr2017249000. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/09/17 / 2017-09-06 17:31:44 / September 6, 2017 @ 5:31 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2736 West, latitude 19.3725 North, depth = 11 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:31:44 / 1:31 pm (local time epicenter).
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 one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three 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: 99 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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