A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Rincón in Puerto Rico on Monday. Id of earthquake: pr71478553. Event ids that are associated: pr71478553. Global time and date of event 07/04/25 / 2025-04-07 08:48:28 / April 7, 2025 @ 8:48 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 08:48:28 / 8:48 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.2 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4465 West, latitude 18.3915 North, depth = 7.2 km.
Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayanilla, Adjuntas, Adjuntas (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 21 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico.
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