Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Stella in Puerto Rico

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53.1 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:33:15 / 9:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.733333333333° West, 18.101833333333° North, depth 53.1 km. Id of earthquake: pr71497048. Event ids that are associated: pr71497048. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 09:33:15 / October 5, 2025 @ 9:33 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maricao, Las Marías, Moca (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.733333333333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.101833333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	53.1 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-10-05 09:33:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-05 09:52:38	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	158	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5713	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.57 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	193	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr71497048	Id of event.
Event Code	71497048	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71497048,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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