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Earthquake near Yauco, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Yauco in the last 24 hours. M 2.1, 5 km (3 mi) S of Yauco, at 4:14 pm AST on 11 November 2026 (20:14 UTC); the estimated shaking in Yauco was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Yauco

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) north of Yauco, PR, at 7:48 am AST on 21 June 2018 (11:48 UTC), 11 km deep.

USGS: 11 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico

28 km (17 mi) WNW of Ponce, PR

7:48 am AST, Jun 21, 2018 · · 11 km deep · released about 32 lb of TNT

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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
7:48 am AST on 21 June 2018 ()
Where
11 km (7 mi) north of Yauco, PR · earthquakes near Yauco
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Yauco Municipio, 6 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3065 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Yauco, 11 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: Yauco 11 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 32 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 470,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 330,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 30× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 32 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 lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 38 km NW 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 18.1363, -66.8466. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Yauco Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) SSW earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) WNW earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) ENE earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) WSW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 15 km (10 mi) SSE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Lares Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) N earthquakes near Lares Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 5 km NW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 19 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.2 18 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 19 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 1 km W of Rafael Gonzalez, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 9 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.5 2 km SSE of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 3 km SW of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.8 10 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.9 17 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 3 km E of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.8 19 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.7 6 km E of Espino, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.3 5 km WNW of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.3 5 km E of Espino, 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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