A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -66.8165° West, latitude 18.886666666667° North, depth = 25.11 km. Global time and date of event 11/01/25 / 2025-01-11 09:03:23 / January 11, 2025 @ 9:03 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr71470593. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71470593. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.11 km (16 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:03:23 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corozal, Maricao, Campanilla.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 44 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
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