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Minor earthquake: M3.24 quake has struck near G. L. Garcia in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on December 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.1125S, -66.1173WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from G. L. Garcia in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Unique identifier: pr2025350000. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rv7q, pr2025350000. Exact location, longitude -66.1173° West, latitude 18.1125° North, depth = 24 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:14:00 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/25 / 2025-12-16 04:14:00 / December 16, 2025 @ 4:14 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yauco, Arecibo, Guayanilla (min 5000 pop).

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 six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km SW of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.24 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.1173° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1125° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km SW of G. L. Garcia, 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 2025-12-16 04:14:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-16 05:06:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 164 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0329 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 pr2025350000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025350000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rv7q,pr2025350000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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