A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -67.529166666667 West, latitude 18.9045 North, depth = 7.68 km. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:29:21 / 9:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/08/25 / 2025-08-30 09:29:21 / August 30, 2025 @ 9:29 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.68 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr71493873. Event ids that are associated: pr71493873.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Añasco, Quebradillas, Moca. Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 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 two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and five 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. 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: 64 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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