A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.65 km (18 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71477683. Unique identifier: pr71477683. Exact location of event, depth 28.65 km, -66.443° West, 19.135833333333° North. The temblor was picked up at 20:05:27 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/03/25 / 2025-03-27 20:05:27 / March 27, 2025 @ 8:05 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ingenio, Toa Baja, Arecibo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 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 seven, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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