A minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71480203. Id of event: pr71480203. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.664166666667 West, latitude 18.969666666667 North, depth = 28.67 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/04/25 / 2025-04-26 01:57:08 / April 26, 2025 @ 1:57 am. The 3.43-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:57:08 / 1:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.67 km (18 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Rincón, Aguadilla.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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