A minor earthquake magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -66.8645° West, 17.8256° North. The 3.57-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:19:11 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2025280002. Event ids that are associated: us6000rf9n, pr2025280002. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/10/25 / 2025-10-07 05:19:11 / October 7, 2025 @ 5:19 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Naranjito, Cidra (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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