A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 09:14:52 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2025221000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025221000. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 141 km (88 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.705° West, latitude 18.1928° North, depth = 141 km. Global time and date of event 09/08/25 / 2025-08-09 09:14:52 / August 9, 2025 @ 9:14 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana Grande, Isabela, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 50 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico.

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