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Minor earthquake, 3.19 mag was detected near Esperanza in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on December 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.053333333333S, -65.543666666667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/25 / 2025-12-18 17:49:36 / December 18, 2025 @ 5:49 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.78 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -65.543666666667° West, 18.053333333333° North, depth 16.78 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:49:36 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71502553. Unique identifier: pr71502553.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Candelaria, Salinas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 9 km WSW of Esperanza, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.19 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.543666666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.053333333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km WSW of Esperanza, 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 2025-12-18 17:49:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-18 18:22:20 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 157 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04452 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 213 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 pr71502553 Id of event.
Event Code 71502553 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71502553, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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