Minor earthquake, 3.69 mag was detected near Vieques in Puerto Rico
A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) was reported 137 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico (85 miles) on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 3.69-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:21:24 / 8:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/03/25 / 2025-03-21 08:21:24 / March 21, 2025 @ 8:21 am. Exact location of event, longitude -65.3165 West, latitude 19.566 North, depth = 35 km. Id of earthquake: pr2025080002. Event ids that are associated: pr2025080002. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Did you feel anything? How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 137 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
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