A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:01:19 / 2:01 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000rf8d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rf8d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8302 West, latitude 17.7793 North, depth = 11.811 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/10/25 / 2025-10-07 02:01:19 / October 7, 2025 @ 2:01 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.811 km (7 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Patillas, Vega Alta. Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). 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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
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