A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.806 West, latitude 17.989166666667 North, depth = 14.2 km. Unique identifier: pr71491258. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71491258. Global time and date of event 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 07:19:14 / August 1, 2025 @ 7:19 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.2 km (9 miles). The 3.18-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:19:14 / 7:19 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguas Buenas, Ingenio, Arroyo. Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

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

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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: 1 km ESE of Indios, Puerto Rico.

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