A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.78 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Rincón in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The 3.78-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:43:44 / 9:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.822 West, latitude 18.2885 North, depth = 142 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 142 km (88 miles). Unique identifier: pr2025242003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025242003. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/25 / 2025-08-30 09:43:44 / August 30, 2025 @ 9:43 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Germán, Lajas, Moca (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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