Earthquake details

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 04:28 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is St Croix (Puerto Rico - PR), about 146.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -64.264 and latitude 18.959.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	31.1 km
Coordinates	18.959, -64.264
UTC time	2011-04-13 04:28:57.680

Location	Carolina
Country	Puerto Rico (PR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2011-04-13

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

St Croix	146.3 km
Fajardo	162.5 km
Carolina	189.8 km
Trujillo Alto	195.8 km
San Juan	201.8 km
Caguas	204.8 km
Guaynabo	206.0 km
Bayamón	209.0 km
Levittown	210.0 km
Vega Baja	231.1 km
Arecibo	264.1 km
Ponce	270.6 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.2 San Juan Puerto Rico · 2026-04-13 02:06 UTC	222.6 km
M 4.0 Carolina Puerto Rico · 2025-10-21 07:39 UTC	101.4 km

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