A minor earthquake magnitude 3.63 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Carolina in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 07:26:42 / 7:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 126 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 126 km, -65.9426° West, 18.3751° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/06/25 / 2025-06-05 07:26:42 / June 5, 2025 @ 7:26 am. Id of earthquake: pr2025156000. Event ids that are associated: pr2025156000.
Event epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 2 km (1 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arecibo, Ponce, Utuado (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-five 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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