A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.73 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/09/25 / 2025-09-07 00:48:35 / September 7, 2025 @ 12:48 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2025250000. Id of event: pr2025250000. Exact location of event, longitude -67.6953 West, latitude 18.2295 North, depth = 97 km. The 3.73-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:48:35 / 12:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 97 km (60 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lares, Punta Cana, Quebradillas. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 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).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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