A minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.79 km (33 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/02/25 / 2025-02-17 18:00:35 / February 17, 2025 @ 6:00 pm. The temblor was detected at 18:00:35 / 6:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -65.300166666667 West, latitude 18.8535 North, depth = 52.79 km. Unique identifier: pr71472938. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000peaz, pr71472938.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Canovanas (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Barbara, Canovanas, San Isidro (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 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 seven, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 60 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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