A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 16.52 km, -67.284666666667° West, 18.074833333333° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 16.52 km (10 miles). The 3.24-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:25:13 / 12:25 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/03/25 / 2025-03-29 12:25:13 / March 29, 2025 @ 12:25 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr71477848. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71477848.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jayuya, Arecibo, Ponce. Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 10 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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