A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -65.3448 West, latitude 18.7718 North, depth = 43 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwlf, pr2025062001. Unique identifier: pr2025062001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 12:55:05 / 12:55 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/03/25 / 2025-03-03 12:55:05 / March 3, 2025 @ 12:55 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gurabo, San Juan, Tortola (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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