A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 08:48:29 / January 20, 2025 @ 8:48 am. The temblor was reported at 08:48:29 / 8:48 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.08 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr71471153. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71471153. Exact location of event, depth 16.08 km, -67.498166666667° West, 18.7875° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hormigueros, Las Marías, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 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 eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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