A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Carrizales in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 05:56:18 / 5:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.552 km (31 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000q9p2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q9p2. Exact location of event, longitude -66.6821 West, latitude 18.9942 North, depth = 50.552 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/06/25 / 2025-06-30 05:56:18 / June 30, 2025 @ 5:56 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaynabo, Añasco, Adjuntas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico.
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