A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Luquillo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 49 km, -65.396833333333° West, 19.0225° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/08/25 / 2025-08-04 23:14:06 / August 4, 2025 @ 11:14 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:14:06 / 11:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71491533. Id of event: pr71491533.
Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Loíza (c. 4 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loíza, Fajardo, Culebra.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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