A minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Rincón in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/04/25 / 2025-04-30 10:22:27 / April 30, 2025 @ 10:22 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71480923. Unique identifier: pr71480923. Exact location of event, depth 7.41 km, -67.721833333333° West, 18.790166666667° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.41 km (5 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:22:27 / 10:22 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Moca, Punta Cana. Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 70 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico.
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