A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71471058. Unique identifier: pr71471058. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.006666666667 West, latitude 19.138833333333 North, depth = 23.71 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.71 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.15-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:51:57 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/01/25 / 2025-01-19 00:51:57 / January 19, 2025 @ 12:51 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loíza, Levittown, Cataño. Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Loíza (c. 4 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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