A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.841 West, latitude 17.925333333333 North, depth = 9.9 km. The temblor was detected at 16:07:35 / 4:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/01/25 / 2025-01-18 16:07:35 / January 18, 2025 @ 4:07 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71471038. Unique identifier: pr71471038.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Guayama, Cidra (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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