A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr2025232000. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r289, pr2025232000. Exact location, longitude -66.9068° West, latitude 17.9358° North, depth = 9 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/25 / 2025-08-20 03:01:59 / August 20, 2025 @ 3:01 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.29-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:01:59 / 3:01 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Naranjito, Cayey (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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