A minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Pole Ojea in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Global time and date of event 08/06/25 / 2025-06-08 09:58:50 / June 8, 2025 @ 9:58 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2025159001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025159001. Exact location of event, depth 6 km, -67.1711° West, 17.9923° North. The temblor was reported at 09:58:50 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Florida, Estancias de Florida, Villalba (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 2 km NE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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