A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 15.5 km, -65.4205° West, 18.799833333333° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71487903. Unique identifier: pr71487903. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/07/25 / 2025-07-02 00:10:05 / July 2, 2025 @ 12:10 am. The temblor was picked up at 00:10:05 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.5 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trujillo Alto, Punta Santiago, Carolina (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km NNW of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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