A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 07:01:53 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71474758. Unique identifier: pr71474758. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.5 km (16 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/03/25 / 2025-03-08 07:01:53 / March 8, 2025 @ 7:01 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.4555 West, latitude 19.092166666667 North, depth = 26.5 km.
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana Seca, Candelaria Arenas, Camuy (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 69 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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