A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2743 West, latitude 18.8481 North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:45:43 / 1:45 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000pnrb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pnrb. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 01:45:43 / March 30, 2025 @ 1:45 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maricao, Hormigueros, Lares (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 43 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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