QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6Md

5 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico

· 14 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lajas Municipio 6 kmCabo Rojo Municipio 9 kmSan Germán Municipio 17 kmGuánica Municipio 19 kmHormigueros Municipio 19 kmSabana Grande Municipio 21 kmYauco Municipio 29 kmMaricao Municipio 29 kmLas Marías Municipio 32 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (Md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lajas Municipio, 6 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3496 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 17.9640, -67.0990. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lajas Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) W of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) S of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 3.0 21 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.0 2 km NE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.8 4 km NNE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.4 11 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.3 6 km W of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.2 9 km ESE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 3 km SW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.5 5 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.6 3 km ESE of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.3 12 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.7 15 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.9 4 km NE of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.6 3 km S of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.5 7 km E of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.8 5 km W of La Parguera, Puerto Rico

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.