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Earthquakes in Puerto Rico

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The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more in Puerto Rico was M 3.7, 69 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico, at 4:48 am AST on 10 November 2026, 14 km deep.

In the last 24 hours, 4 earthquakes of M1.5 or more were recorded in Puerto Rico; the largest was M 3.7, 69 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico, at 4:48 am AST.

Last 24 hours
4
Last 7 days
34
Last 30 days
137 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 308
Last 12 months
2,023 · largest M 5.1 on 19 February 2026
Since 2016
40,687 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
Largest since 2016
M 6.4 on 7 January 2020, 4 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico

Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more in Puerto Rico, where USGS names the state in the location

30

Typical QuakeIndex 30 / 100

35 quakes of M1.5 or larger 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

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The last 30 days

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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.

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Live · last 7 days

Latest earthquakes in Puerto Rico

4 in the latest snapshot we hold; the full 7 days load from USGS as this page opens.

  1. 3.7 69 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico 14 km deep
  2. 2.0 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico 16 km deep
  3. 2.9 75 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico 26 km deep
  4. 3.0 52 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico 23 km deep

Source USGS · snapshot of

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Largest on record in and around Puerto Rico

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 · inside a rectangle drawn around Puerto Rico, which takes in some ground over its borders.

Before 2016: the largest in Puerto Rico since 1900

The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists 69 earthquakes of M5 or more in and just off Puerto Rico; the 8 largest:

  1. 7.7 45 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  2. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  3. 6.8 94 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  4. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
  5. 6.4 61 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  6. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
  7. 6.3 58 km E of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  8. 6.2 131 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015, each epicentre counted for the state whose nearest county it is. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.

The most active counties in Puerto Rico

CountyM1.5+ in 10 yearsThis week
Maricao Municipio 30,274 Typical (57)
Sabana Grande Municipio 30,191 Typical (57)
Yauco Municipio 30,125 Typical (59)
Lajas Municipio 29,934 Typical (57)
Adjuntas Municipio 29,920 Typical (58)
Guánica Municipio 29,919 Typical (44)
Guayanilla Municipio 29,917 Typical (48)
Peñuelas Municipio 29,907 Typical (48)
San Germán Municipio 29,858 Typical (57)
Las Marías Municipio 29,857 Typical (56)

Counted within each county page's own radius from the QuakeIndex catalogue (USGS, M1.5+, ten years).

Towns in Puerto Rico with the most earthquakes named after them

Tallaboa 715 M2.5+ named after it · Aguadilla 475 M2.5+ named after it · Magas Arriba 407 M2.5+ named after it · Ponce 382 M2.5+ named after it · Arecibo 255 M2.5+ named after it · San Juan 223 M2.5+ named after it · Isabela 207 M2.5+ named after it · Rincón 206 M2.5+ named after it · Guayanilla 204 M2.5+ named after it · Esperanza 193 M2.5+ named after it · Mayagüez 188 M2.5+ named after it · Puerto Real 141 M2.5+ named after it · Pole Ojea 129 M2.5+ named after it · Yauco 122 M2.5+ named after it · Culebra 89 M2.5+ named after it

Each town page lists every M1.5+ earthquake within 30 km since 2016 and the ones USGS named after it. Town names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

Counties in Puerto Rico

Be ready

Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.