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Minor earthquake, 3.13 mag strikes near Culebra in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on December 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.8795S, -65.262WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 13:36:48 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.262 West, latitude 18.8795 North, depth = 22.28 km. Event id: pr71502108. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71502108. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.28 km (14 miles). Global time and date of event 12/12/25 / 2025-12-12 13:36:48 / December 12, 2025 @ 1:36 pm UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Ceiba (c. 6 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Cruz Bay, Fajardo (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 63 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.13 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.262° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8795° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-12 13:36:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-12 14:09:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 151 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.599 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 223 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr71502108 Id of event.
Event Code 71502108 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71502108, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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