A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Las Marías in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 17/09/25 / 2025-09-17 10:09:16 / September 17, 2025 @ 10:09 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -67.0328° West, 18.229° North, depth 19 km. Event id: pr2025260000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025260000. The temblor was detected at 10:09:16 / 10:09 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, San Antonio, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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