A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The 3.53-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:13:12 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/03/25 / 2025-03-08 03:13:12 / March 8, 2025 @ 3:13 am. Exact location, longitude -66.8103° West, latitude 17.9885° North, depth = 12 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pxkr, pr2025067000. Unique identifier: pr2025067000.
The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayamón, Sabana Seca, Aguas Buenas (min 5000 pop). 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 1 km ESE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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