A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Toa Alta in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 64.74 km (40 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.247833333333° West, latitude 18.377666666667° North, depth = 64.74 km. The temblor was reported at 00:14:16 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/02/25 / 2025-02-09 00:14:16 / February 9, 2025 @ 12:14 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71472443. Unique identifier: pr71472443.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maricao, Las Marías, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 ten, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 1 km S of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico.
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