A minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/05/25 / 2025-05-30 13:20:38 / May 30, 2025 @ 1:20 pm. The 3.15-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:20:38 / 1:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.98 km (14 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.0645° West, 19.183333333333° North, depth 21.98 km. Id of earthquake: pr71483973. Event ids that are associated: pr71483973.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 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: 75 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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