A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 16.66 km, -65.349° West, 18.953166666667° North. Unique identifier: pr71471143. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71471143. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 03:14:30 / January 20, 2025 @ 3:14 am. The temblor was picked up at 03:14:30 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.66 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Loíza (c. 4 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Río Grande, Charlotte Amalie, Loíza (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 72 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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