A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.814 West, latitude 17.9735 North, depth = 15.42 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71478533. Id of event: pr71478533. The temblor was detected at 00:35:33 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.42 km (10 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/04/25 / 2025-04-07 00:35:33 / April 7, 2025 @ 12:35 am.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Candelaria, Arroyo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 22 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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: 2 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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