A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -65.374833333333° West, 18.839166666667° North, depth 22.76 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/25 / 2025-08-17 23:57:06 / August 17, 2025 @ 11:57 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71493033. Unique identifier: pr71493033. The 3.32-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:57:06 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.76 km (14 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carolina, Naguabo, Isabel Segunda. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 59 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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