A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 109.23 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.23-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:30:13 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.063833333333° West, latitude 18.545° North, depth = 109.23 km. Id of earthquake: pr71472573. Event ids that are associated: pr71472573. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/02/25 / 2025-02-11 02:30:13 / February 11, 2025 @ 2:30 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 10 km (6 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabel Segunda, Utuado, Santa Isabel (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 9 km NNE of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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