A minor earthquake magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2025014000. Event ids that are associated: pr2025014000. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/01/25 / 2025-01-14 06:50:09 / January 14, 2025 @ 6:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 45 km, -65.3256° West, 19.0181° North. The 3.53-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:50:09 / 6:50 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luquillo, Culebra. Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 79 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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