A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.5 km (38 miles). Exact location of event, depth 60.5 km, -67.8055° West, 18.159666666667° North. The temblor was picked up at 16:45:21 / 4:45 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr71493343. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71493343. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/08/25 / 2025-08-22 16:45:21 / August 22, 2025 @ 4:45 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Germán, Lajas, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 61 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico.
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