Minor earthquake, 3.32 mag has occurred near La Playa in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from La Playa in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2025132001. Unique identifier: pr2025132001. The 3.32-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:15:42 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/25 / 2025-05-12 22:15:42 / May 12, 2025 @ 10:15 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27 km (17 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.255° West, 18.206° North, depth 27 km.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villalba, Juana Díaz, Barceloneta (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km SW of La Playa, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.32 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.255° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.206° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	27 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km SW of La Playa, Puerto Rico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-12 22:15:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-12 22:38:40	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	170	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1107	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.13 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	242	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr2025132001	Id of event.
Event Code	2025132001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2025132001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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