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M 2.7md

Earthquake near Puerto Real, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Puerto Real in the 24 hours to 12:25 am AST (04:25 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 10 km (6 mi) SE, at 11:57 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Puerto Real

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 27 km (17 mi) west-northwest of Puerto Real, PR, at 10:32 am AST on 25 November 2018 (14:32 UTC), 48 km deep.

USGS: 27 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico

33 km (20 mi) WSW of Mayagüez, PR · 149 km (92 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR

10:32 am AST, Nov 25, 2018 · · 48 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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When
10:32 am AST on 25 November 2018 ()
Where
27 km (17 mi) west-northwest of Puerto Real, PR · earthquakes near Puerto Real
Magnitude
M 2.7 (md)
Depth
48 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Rincón Municipio, 31 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2908 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Puerto Real, 27 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Stella.

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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2017-10-01 — about 350 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 42 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 50 km NE of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 10 km NE of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 9 km NE 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 18.1266, -67.4401. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Rincón Municipio, PR 31 km (19 mi) NE earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 31 km (19 mi) ESE earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 34 km (21 mi) E earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 37 km (23 mi) ENE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 39 km (24 mi) NE earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 43 km (26 mi) E earthquakes near San Germán Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 52 km W of Stella, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.9 30 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 2 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 5 km W of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.6 4 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.2 2 km NNE of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.4 28 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 7 km WSW of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.0 65 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  10. 1.9 4 km NNW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 49 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 11 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.7 36 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.9 3 km ESE of Espino, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.1 6 km ENE 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.

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