A minor earthquake magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.117666666667° West, 18.9185° North, depth 8.43 km. The temblor was detected at 04:12:59 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/03/25 / 2025-03-05 04:12:59 / March 5, 2025 @ 4:12 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.43 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71474478. Id of event: pr71474478.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barceloneta, Mayagüez, Las Marías. Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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