A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Dorado in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr71482818. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71482818. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/25 / 2025-05-18 21:33:49 / May 18, 2025 @ 9:33 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.76 km (25 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.2045 West, latitude 18.706166666667 North, depth = 40.76 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:33:49 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Patillas, Juana Díaz, Coco. The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km NNE of Dorado, Puerto Rico.
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