A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.98 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr71471628. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71471628. The temblor was picked up at 05:48:21 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.231 West, latitude 18.143166666667 North, depth = 18.98 km. Global time and date of event 27/01/25 / 2025-01-27 05:48:21 / January 27, 2025 @ 5:48 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villalba, Juana Díaz, Florida (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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