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M 2.7Md

Earthquake near Tallaboa, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Tallaboa in the 24 hours to 8:35 pm AST (00:35 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 9 km (5 mi) WNW, at 4:39 pm AST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Tallaboa

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) south of Tallaboa, PR, at 3:07 am AST on 25 January 2017 (07:07 UTC), 6.0 km deep.

USGS: 14 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico

17 km (11 mi) SSW of Ponce, PR

3:07 am AST, Jan 25, 2017 · · 6.0 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Peñuelas Municipio 18 kmGuayanilla Municipio 18 kmPonce Municipio 19 kmGuánica Municipio 25 kmJuana Díaz Municipio 27 kmYauco Municipio 29 kmSabana Grande Municipio 35 kmSanta Isabel Municipio 35 kmAdjuntas Municipio 36 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
3:07 am AST on 25 January 2017 ()
Where
15 km (9 mi) south of Tallaboa, PR · earthquakes near Tallaboa
Magnitude
M 2.7 (Md)
Depth
6.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Peñuelas Municipio, 18 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3578 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 24 km (15 mi) from the epicentre. In Tallaboa, 15 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Likely felt in: Tallaboa 15 km, intensity II · Magas Arriba 18 km, intensity II · Ponce 18 km, intensity II · Guayanilla 19 km, intensity II · Tallaboa Alta 21 km, intensity II · Yauco 24 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 17.8647, -66.7080. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) N earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NNW earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) NE earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 25 km (15 mi) WNW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 27 km (17 mi) ENE earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 29 km (18 mi) NNW earthquakes near Yauco Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 Puerto Rico region
  2. 1.8 12 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.2 23 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 0 km WNW of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.9 13 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 15 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 6 km SSW of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.8 14 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 20 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.0 12 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.9 5 km SW of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.8 1 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 5 km NNE of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.2 0 km W of Luis Llorens Torres, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.7 1 km ENE of Magas Arriba, 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.

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