A minor earthquake magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Rincón in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/08/25 / 2025-08-09 06:13:15 / August 9, 2025 @ 6:13 am. Exact location of earthquake, -67.513333333333° West, 18.399° North, depth 8.88 km. Unique identifier: pr71492228. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qzf6, pr71492228. The temblor was picked up at 06:13:15 / 6:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.88 km (6 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yauco, Guánica, Hatillo (min 5000 pop).

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

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