A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Mayagüez in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.4 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.268166666667 West, latitude 18.185666666667 North, depth = 18.4 km. Global time and date of event 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 10:48:36 / January 20, 2025 @ 10:48 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 10:48:36 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71471168. Unique identifier: pr71471168.
Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juana Díaz, Florida, Estancias de Florida (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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