A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Rincón in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr71501248. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71501248. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.8 km (30 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/25 / 2025-12-02 14:37:56 / December 2, 2025 @ 2:37 pm. Exact location of event, depth 47.8 km, -67.7505° West, 18.690166666667° North. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:37:56 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Añasco, Moca (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 nine, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 65 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico.
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