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Minor earthquake, 3.13 mag was detected near Brenas in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.085833333333S, -66.425333333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 02:11:36 / 2:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.425333333333° West, latitude 19.085833333333° North, depth = 25.72 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71486168. Id of event: pr71486168. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.72 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 19/06/25 / 2025-06-19 02:11:36 / June 19, 2025 @ 2:11 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camuy, Toa Alta, Candelaria (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.13 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.425333333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.085833333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-19 02:11:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-19 02:25:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 151 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6135 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 250 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr71486168 Id of event.
Event Code 71486168 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71486168, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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