A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71480358. Unique identifier: pr71480358. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:51:50 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.035 West, latitude 19.183833333333 North, depth = 20.63 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/04/25 / 2025-04-26 14:51:50 / April 26, 2025 @ 2:51 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.63 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Juan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 79 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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