A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Santa Isabel in Puerto Rico on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.56 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -66.396333333333 West, latitude 17.884666666667 North, depth = 37.56 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71487368. Unique identifier: pr71487368. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/25 / 2025-06-27 21:08:21 / June 27, 2025 @ 9:08 pm. The 3.16-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:08:21 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (44 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Sebastián, Naguabo, San Isidro (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km S of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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