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M 2.5md

Earthquake near La Plena, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in La Plena in the 24 hours to 11:24 am AST (15:24 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 31 km (19 mi) SW, at 7:09 pm AST on 5 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near La Plena

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) east of La Plena, PR, at 12:04 am AST on 26 June 2017 (04:04 UTC), 12 km deep.

USGS: 3 km E of La Plena, Puerto Rico

42 km (26 mi) SSW of San Juan, PR · 25 km (16 mi) SSW of Caguas, PR

12:04 am AST, Jun 26, 2017 · · 12 km deep · released about 190 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cayey Municipio 7 kmGuayama Municipio 8 kmSalinas Municipio 12 kmAibonito Municipio 14 kmCidra Municipio 15 kmArroyo Municipio 15 kmPatillas Municipio 20 kmCoamo Municipio 21 kmComerío Municipio 21 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
12:04 am AST on 26 June 2017 ()
Where
4 km (2 mi) east of La Plena, PR · earthquakes near La Plena
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Cayey Municipio, 7 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3422 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 20 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In La Plena, 4 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: Cayey 8 km, intensity II · Guayama 8 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 190 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 78,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 55,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 190 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.6 on 2016-12-05 — about 1,200 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 25 km N of this epicentre

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 18.0400, -66.1686. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Cayey Municipio, PR 7 km (5 mi) NNE earthquakes near Cayey Municipio
Guayama Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SSE earthquakes near Guayama Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) SW earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Aibonito Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) NW earthquakes near Aibonito Municipio
Cidra Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) N earthquakes near Cidra Municipio
Arroyo Municipio, PR 15 km (10 mi) ESE earthquakes near Arroyo Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.8 21 km SSE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.5 5 km ESE of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 22 km SSE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.0 1 km SE of Corozal, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.9 21 km S of Lamboglia, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.8 22 km S of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.5 23 km SSE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.4 20 km SSE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.4 3 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.8 33 km S of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 4 km W of Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.7 6 km SSW of Corozal, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.1 5 km NE of Orocovis, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.4 2 km W of Aibonito, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.0 6 km NW of Palomas, 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

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