A minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/03/25 / 2025-03-15 10:42:40 / March 15, 2025 @ 10:42 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 8 km, -66.8155° West, 17.9493° North. Event id: pr2025074001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025074001. The temblor was reported at 10:42:40 / 10:42 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ingenio, Aguas Buenas, Candelaria Arenas. Epicenter of the event was 22 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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