A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 13:07:24 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/04/25 / 2025-04-26 13:07:24 / April 26, 2025 @ 1:07 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pv89. Unique identifier: us7000pv89. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.167 km (27 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.0429° West, latitude 19.0857° North, depth = 43.167 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Canovanas, Vega Baja, Carolina (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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