A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/09/25 / 2025-09-05 09:06:08 / September 5, 2025 @ 9:06 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.16 km (62 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71494783. Unique identifier: pr71494783. Exact location, longitude -65.2865° West, latitude 18.7485° North, depth = 99.16 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:06:08 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tortola, Road Town, Santa Barbara (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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