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Minor earthquake: M3.43 quake has struck near Central Aguirre in Puerto Rico

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Central Aguirre in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 10:08:37 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/25 / 2025-07-05 10:08:37 / July 5, 2025 @ 10:08 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.260833333333 West, latitude 17.8115 North, depth = 5.03 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.03 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr71488258. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71488258.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Loíza, Sabana Grande. Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 16 km SSW of Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.43 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-66.260833333333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.8115° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.03 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16 km SSW of Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-05 10:08:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-05 11:58:58	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	181	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	34	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.212	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	216	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr71488258	Id of event.
Event Code	71488258	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71488258,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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