Minor earthquake 3.31 mag, 77 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Vieques in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/02/25 / 2025-02-23 23:18:43 / February 23, 2025 @ 11:18 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 23:18:43 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.500166666667 West, latitude 19.045333333333 North, depth = 34.15 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.15 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71473388. Id of event: pr71473388.

The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Loíza (c. 4 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Río Grande, Fajardo, Loíza (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

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 nine, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 77 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.31 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-65.500166666667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.045333333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34.15 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	77 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-23 23:18:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-23 23:36:11	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	169	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	11	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.7624	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.11 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	274	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr71473388	Id of event.
Event Code	71473388	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71473388,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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