A minor earthquake magnitude 3.68 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 97 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2025251001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2025251001. Exact location of event, depth 97 km, -67.2661° West, 18.4798° North. The 3.68-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:04:00 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/25 / 2025-09-08 07:04:00 / September 8, 2025 @ 7:04 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ponce, Ciales, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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