A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71486783. Unique identifier: pr71486783. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4415 West, latitude 18.729666666667 North, depth = 36.41 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 10:57:19 / June 24, 2025 @ 10:57 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.41 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.23-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:57:19 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maricao, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Real (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 44 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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