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Earthquakes in Añasco Municipio, Puerto Rico

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The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Añasco Municipio was M 2.9, 2 km NNW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico, 34 km (21 mi) SSE of the centre of Añasco Municipio, at 3:17 am AST on 8 November 2026, 7 km deep. The estimated shaking at the centre of Añasco Municipio was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 3 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Añasco Municipio since.

In the last 24 hours, 1 earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 50 km (31 mi) of the centre of Añasco Municipio: M 2.0, 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico, 46 km (29 mi) SE of the centre of Añasco Municipio, at 4:21 am AST.

Last 24 hours
1
Last 7 days
12
Last 30 days
64 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 167
Last 12 months
1,162 · largest M 4.8 on 18 September 2026
Since 2016
22,051 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 within 50 km (31 mi) of the centre of Añasco Municipio · shaking is estimated for the centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses

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Typical QuakeIndex 55 / 100

13 quakes of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days within 50 km. Normal for here is 15 to 42 in a week.

Compared against Añasco Municipio, 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 (M2.4–M3.0), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

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Latest earthquakes within 50 km

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  1. 2.0 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico 46 km (29 mi) NW · 16 km deep

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The centre is 18.287, -67.131, the Census internal point of Añasco Municipio, Puerto Rico from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Activity on this page is measured within 50 km of it — the dashed circle.

Largest on record nearby

The strongest shaking this record implies at the centre of Añasco Municipio, Puerto Rico is intensity V (moderate), from the M 6.4 of 2020, 50 km away. At that level nearly everyone notices; some objects fall and plaster can crack.

MagnitudeWhenWhereShaking here (est.)
M 6.4 4 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico · felt by 1,615 V · Moderate
M 5.9 5 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico · felt by 974 IV · Light
M 5.6 0 km NW of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico · felt by 149 IV · Light
M 5.3 9 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico · felt by 346 IV · Light
M 5.2 Puerto Rico region · felt by 459 IV · Light
M 5.2 4 km S of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico · felt by 555 IV · Light
M 5.0 1 km N of Indios, Puerto Rico · felt by 811 III · Weak
M 4.9 5 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico · felt by 142 III · Weak

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · within 50 km of the centre above. Shaking is an estimate for the centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. Ground conditions change it locally; it is a description of the past, not a hazard rating.

Before 2016

The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of the centre of Añasco Municipio, Puerto Rico:

  1. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 46 km N of the centre
  2. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 45 km NW of the centre
  3. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 19 km NNW of the centre
  4. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 31 km NNW of the centre
  5. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 39 km N of the centre
  6. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 14 km NNE of the centre
  7. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 28 km WSW of the centre
  8. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 28 km WSW of the centre

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.

Town pages near Añasco Municipio, Puerto Rico

Mayagüez 10 km · 188 M2.5+ named after it · Aguada 12 km · 20 M2.5+ named after it · Rincón 14 km · 206 M2.5+ named after it · Aguadilla 16 km · 475 M2.5+ named after it · San Sebastián 16 km · 6 M2.5+ named after it · Rafael Hernandez 21 km · 4 M2.5+ named after it · Puerto Real 24 km · 141 M2.5+ named after it · San Germán 25 km · 21 M2.5+ named after it · Isabela 26 km · 207 M2.5+ named after it · Lares 27 km · 11 M2.5+ named after it · Quebradillas 29 km · 27 M2.5+ named after it · Pole Ojea 35 km · 129 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).

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.