A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pzyk. Id of event: us6000pzyk. The temblor was detected at 09:06:23 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 12.232 km, -66.7773° West, 17.9416° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.232 km (8 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/03/25 / 2025-03-20 09:06:23 / March 20, 2025 @ 9:06 am.
Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trujillo Alto, Maunabo, Gurabo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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