A minor earthquake magnitude 3.55 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 70 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.3375 West, latitude 18.6661 North, depth = 70 km. Unique identifier: pr2025356000. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rk6n, pr2025356000. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/12/25 / 2025-12-22 19:56:50 / December 22, 2025 @ 7:56 pm. The temblor was reported at 19:56:50 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yabucoa, Punta Santiago, Arroyo. The epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico.

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