A minor earthquake magnitude 3.63 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Dorado in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 09:47:21 / 9:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102 km (63 miles). Unique identifier: pr2025221001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025221001. Exact location of event, longitude -66.2358 West, latitude 18.6458 North, depth = 102 km. Global time and date of event 09/08/25 / 2025-08-09 09:47:21 / August 9, 2025 @ 9:47 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela, Peñuelas, Ponce (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km N of Dorado, Puerto Rico.
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