A minor earthquake magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Luquillo in Puerto Rico on Friday. Id of earthquake: pr2025150000. Event ids that are associated: pr2025150000. Exact location, longitude -65.4023° West, latitude 18.9323° North, depth = 32 km. Global time and date of event 30/05/25 / 2025-05-30 08:24:47 / May 30, 2025 @ 8:24 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 08:24:47 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32 km (20 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Canovanas (c. 8 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carolina, Charlotte Amalie, Canovanas (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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