A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qbfc, pr71488593. Unique identifier: pr71488593. Exact location of earthquake, -67.3405° West, 18.898° North, depth 7.72 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:29:26 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.72 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/25 / 2025-07-08 20:29:26 / July 8, 2025 @ 8:29 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mayagüez, San Sebastián, Añasco. Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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