A minor earthquake magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/25 / 2025-12-04 13:30:22 / December 4, 2025 @ 1:30 pm. Exact location of event, depth 58.53 km, -65.378833333333° West, 18.995833333333° North. Id of earthquake: pr71501383. Event ids that are associated: pr71501383. The 3.34-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:30:22 / 1:30 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.53 km (36 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fajardo, Luquillo, Culebra.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 77 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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