QuakeIndex

Earthquakes in Puerto Rico

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Typical QuakeIndex 29 / 100

55 quakes in the last 7 days in Puerto Rico. Normal for here is 37 to 75 in a week.

Compared against Puerto Rico's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated

The last 30 days

Aug 28 Sep 12 Sep 26
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M2.9–M3.5), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

Latest nearby

No earthquakes have been recorded in Puerto Rico in the period we currently hold. That is a real answer, not a missing one — quiet places exist.

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Where this is

Centre 18.239, -66.379 — the mean of this state’s place centroids, from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Activity is measured within 50 km of it.

Largest on record nearby

MagnitudeWhenWhere
M 6.4 4 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
M 6.0 67 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
M 5.9 5 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
M 5.8 14 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
M 5.7 38 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
M 5.6 11 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
M 5.6 0 km NW of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
M 5.4 6 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · within 50 km of the centre above.

Counties in Puerto Rico

After an earthquake here