A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.946 km (29 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/25 / 2025-12-05 19:32:02 / December 5, 2025 @ 7:32 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000rstf. Event ids that are associated: us6000rstf. Exact location of event, depth 46.946 km, -67.2518° West, 19.1089° North. The temblor was picked up at 19:32:02 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Añasco, Arecibo, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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