A minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Event id: pr71492813. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71492813. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/08/25 / 2025-08-14 02:20:15 / August 14, 2025 @ 2:20 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.19 km (8 miles). The temblor was picked up at 02:20:15 / 2:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.126666666667 West, latitude 19.006833333333 North, depth = 12.19 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Rincón, Arecibo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

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 one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 57 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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