A minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Rincón in Puerto Rico. The 3.15-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:03:15 / 11:03 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 11:03:15 / June 24, 2025 @ 11:03 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.71 km (14 miles). Event id: pr71486843. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71486843. Exact location, longitude -67.408166666667° West, latitude 18.589666666667° North, depth = 22.71 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arecibo, Sabana Grande, Lajas. Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 32 km NNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico.
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