A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/05/25 / 2025-05-24 11:44:58 / May 24, 2025 @ 11:44 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 11:44:58 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71483558. Unique identifier: pr71483558. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.41 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -67.280833333333 West, latitude 19.161833333333 North, depth = 20.41 km.
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 Isabela. Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 76 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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