A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 11:31:29 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/09/25 / 2025-09-19 11:31:29 / September 19, 2025 @ 11:31 am. Exact location of event, longitude -65.358333333333 West, latitude 18.771833333333 North, depth = 34.79 km. Unique identifier: pr71495993. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71495993. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.79 km (22 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Santiago, Cruz Bay, Carolina.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 52 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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