A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.89 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -66.3835° West, latitude 19.131166666667° North, depth = 23.89 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71473128. Unique identifier: pr71473128. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/02/25 / 2025-02-20 20:01:03 / February 20, 2025 @ 8:01 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:01:03 / 8:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Campanilla, Vega Alta, San Juan. Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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