A minor earthquake magnitude 3.73 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 09:58:14 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025175012. Id of event: pr2025175012. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 09:58:14 / June 24, 2025 @ 9:58 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4235 West, latitude 19.1273 North, depth = 19 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Aguadilla, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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