A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:29:26 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 64.98 km (40 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.131666666667° West, latitude 18.709166666667° North, depth = 64.98 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/02/25 / 2025-02-14 01:29:26 / February 14, 2025 @ 1:29 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71472708. Id of event: pr71472708.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayuya, Adjuntas, Adjuntas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 24 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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