A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Monday. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:59:12 / 9:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.903 km (33 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1888 West, latitude 18.944 North, depth = 52.903 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 09:59:12 / January 20, 2025 @ 9:59 am. Id of earthquake: us6000pl74. Event ids that are associated: us6000pl74.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Las Marías, Lares, Añasco. Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Lares (c. 7 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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