A minor earthquake magnitude 3.63 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Palmarejo in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 13 km, -67.0586° West, 18.0245° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/25 / 2025-01-06 13:02:04 / January 6, 2025 @ 1:02 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.63-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:02:04 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025006000. Unique identifier: pr2025006000.
Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Baja, Aibonito, Coco (min 5000 pop).
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 nine, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 2 km SE of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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