A minor earthquake magnitude 3.73 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.4563 West, latitude 19.0793 North, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/02/25 / 2025-02-21 12:43:58 / February 21, 2025 @ 12:43 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2025052001. Event ids that are associated: us7000pf7z, pr2025052001. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 12:43:58 / 12:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Morovis, Corozal.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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