Earthquakes in Rincón Municipio, Puerto Rico
The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Rincón Municipio was M 2.9, 2 km NNW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico, 44 km (27 mi) SSE of the centre of Rincón Municipio, at 3:17 am AST on 8 November 2026, 7 km deep. The estimated shaking at the centre of Rincón Municipio was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 1 smaller earthquake has been recorded near Rincón Municipio since.
No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 50 km (31 mi) of the centre of Rincón Municipio in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0
- Last 7 days
- 7
- Last 30 days
- 20 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 49
- Last 12 months
- 318 · largest M 3.9 on 3 October 2026
- Since 2016
- 6,423 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
- Largest since 2016
- M 4.5 on 17 July 2021, 6 km WSW of La Parguera, 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 Rincón Municipio · shaking is estimated for the centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses
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8 quakes of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days within 50 km. Normal for here is 5 to 14 in a week.
Compared against Rincón Municipio, Puerto Rico's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated
If you felt one
- Was that an earthquake? — checks what was recorded near you in the last hour
- Report what you felt to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us, and they are what produces the intensity maps
- Expect aftershocks, and be ready to Drop, Cover, and Hold On if you feel one; if you are in a damaged building, go outside and move away from it (Ready.gov, FEMA; what to do during and after an earthquake)
- Near the coast, go inland or to higher ground as soon as strong shaking stops (Ready.gov); official warnings are on Tsunami.gov
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The last 30 days
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Latest earthquakes within 50 km
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The centre is 18.339, -67.251, the Census internal point of Rincón 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 Rincón Municipio, Puerto Rico is intensity III (weak), from the M 4.3 of 2017, 22 km away. At that level a few people indoors notice it; most do not.
| Magnitude | When | Where | Shaking here (est.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| M 4.5 | 6 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico · felt by 224 | III · Weak | |
| M 4.3 | 9 km SE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico · felt by 66 | III · Weak | |
| M 4.3 | 21 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico · felt by 59 | III · Weak | |
| M 4.3 | 21 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico | III · Weak | |
| M 4.3 | 5 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico · felt by 30 | III · Weak | |
| M 4.2 | Puerto Rico region · felt by 29 | III · Weak | |
| M 4.2 | 15 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico · felt by 9 | II · Weak | |
| M 4.1 | 4 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico · felt by 25 | 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 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of the centre of Rincón Municipio, Puerto Rico; the 8 largest:
- 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 41 km N of the centre
- 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 34 km NNW of the centre
- 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 12 km NNE of the centre
- 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 24 km N of the centre
- 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 34 km NNE of the centre
- 5.8 33 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 42 km N of the centre
- 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 20 km ENE of the centre
- 5.3 28 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 46 km N 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 Rincón Municipio, Puerto Rico
Rincón 0 km · 206 M2.5+ named after it · Aguada 8 km · 20 M2.5+ named after it · Aguadilla 14 km · 475 M2.5+ named after it · Mayagüez 19 km · 188 M2.5+ named after it · Rafael Hernandez 23 km · 4 M2.5+ named after it · San Sebastián 28 km · 6 M2.5+ named after it · Puerto Real 30 km · 141 M2.5+ named after it · Isabela 30 km · 207 M2.5+ named after it · San Germán 36 km · 21 M2.5+ named after it · Quebradillas 36 km · 27 M2.5+ named after it · Lares 40 km · 11 M2.5+ named after it · Pole Ojea 41 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.
- Ready.gov: earthquakes (FEMA) — what to do before, during and after, including Drop, Cover, and Hold On
- Build a kit (FEMA) — water, food and supplies for several days; our summary
- USGS: preparedness — the hazard behind the advice, from the agency that records every quake on this page
- The Great ShakeOut — the yearly earthquake drill, with material for homes, schools and workplaces
- Tsunami.gov (NOAA) — the official tsunami warnings for the coast; a quake page here never stands in for one