A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Río Cañas Abajo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 15 km, -66.4861° West, 18.0328° North. Event id: pr2025001000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025001000. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 16:04:36 / January 1, 2025 @ 4:04 pm. The 3.24-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:04:36 / 4:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 miles).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Santiago, Río Grande, Loíza (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km WSW of Río Cañas Abajo, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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