A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.28 km (13 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:30:34 / 11:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.6785° West, 18.849° North, depth 20.28 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/09/25 / 2025-09-02 11:30:34 / September 2, 2025 @ 11:30 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71494368. Unique identifier: pr71494368.

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, Adjuntas, Adjuntas.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 thirty and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 41 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

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