A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025050000. Id of event: pr2025050000. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/02/25 / 2025-02-19 14:21:27 / February 19, 2025 @ 2:21 pm. Exact location of event, depth 8 km, -67.3281° West, 18.8375° North. The temblor was reported at 14:21:27 / 2:21 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maricao, Hormigueros, Lares (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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