A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71470568. Unique identifier: pr71470568. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.55 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.823 West, latitude 18.8505 North, depth = 16.55 km. Global time and date of event 11/01/25 / 2025-01-11 07:50:28 / January 11, 2025 @ 7:50 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 07:50:28 / 7:50 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (49 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Mayagüez, Toa Alta.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty 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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