A minor earthquake magnitude 3.65 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 09:59:10 / January 20, 2025 @ 9:59 am. The temblor was picked up at 09:59:10 / 9:59 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pl74, pr2025020000. Id of event: pr2025020000. Exact location, longitude -67.2548° West, latitude 19.1133° North, depth = 8 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hatillo, Camuy, Aguada (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 70 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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