A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Unique identifier: pr71490923. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71490923. The temblor was detected at 05:16:22 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 05:16:22 / July 29, 2025 @ 5:16 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 103.43 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.377166666667 West, latitude 18.586833333333 North, depth = 103.43 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naguabo, Yabucoa, Yauco. Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 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 four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km NNW of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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