A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Sabana Hoyos in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/06/25 / 2025-06-29 13:27:50 / June 29, 2025 @ 1:27 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -66.5965 West, latitude 18.4245 North, depth = 117.57 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 117.57 km (73 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71487538. Unique identifier: pr71487538. The temblor was detected at 13:27:50 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Patillas, Arroyo, Loíza (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km ESE of Sabana Hoyos, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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