A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 11:48:06 / February 15, 2025 @ 11:48 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.3 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.13-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:48:06 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr71472783. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71472783. Exact location, longitude -67.506° West, latitude 18.8055° North, depth = 40.3 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Camuy, Mayagüez (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 55 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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