A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8556° West, 17.839° North, depth 11 km. Id of earthquake: pr2025280001. Event ids that are associated: us6000rf8d, pr2025280001. The 3.69-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:01:20 / 2:01 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/10/25 / 2025-10-07 02:01:20 / October 7, 2025 @ 2:01 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Arroyo, Vega Alta. Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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