A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.89 km (10 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/07/25 / 2025-07-28 08:10:28 / July 28, 2025 @ 8:10 am. Id of earthquake: pr71490798. Event ids that are associated: pr71490798. Exact location of event, longitude -66.7435 West, latitude 18.027166666667 North, depth = 16.89 km. The 3.28-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:10:28 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cataño, Patillas, Caguas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km ENE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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