A minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 03:13:28 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 27.83 km (17 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pjhw, pr71470678. Id of event: pr71470678. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/01/25 / 2025-01-12 03:13:28 / January 12, 2025 @ 3:13 am. Exact location, longitude -66.821333333333° West, latitude 18.898166666667° North, depth = 27.83 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Candelaria Arenas, Toa Alta, Adjuntas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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