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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Puerto Real, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Puerto Real in the 24 hours to 1:41 am AST (05:41 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 2.5 earthquake was recorded 49 km (30 mi) west of Puerto Real, PR, at 7:31 pm AST on 25 January 2019 (23:31 UTC), 72 km deep.

USGS: 48 km W of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico

57 km (36 mi) WSW of Mayagüez, PR · 107 km (67 mi) W of Ponce, PR

7:31 pm AST, Jan 25, 2019 · · 72 km deep · released about 150 lb of TNT

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When
7:31 pm AST on 25 January 2019 ()
Where
49 km (30 mi) west of Puerto Real, PR · earthquakes near Puerto Real
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
72 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mayagüez Municipio, 28 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2847 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Puerto Real, 49 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 150 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 99,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 70,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 150 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 35 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 34 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 17.9998, -67.6391. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 28 km (17 mi) WNW earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 48 km (30 mi) E earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 56 km (35 mi) NE earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 57 km (36 mi) ENE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 62 km (39 mi) ENE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 63 km (39 mi) E earthquakes near Lajas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 0 km SW of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.7 41 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 20 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.9 63 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  5. 2.1 18 km SSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.8 15 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.9 59 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  8. 2.4 35 km W of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.6 25 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.9 22 km W of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.8 71 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.0 40 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.8 25 km W of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.7 55 km W of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.7 31 km WSW of Stella, 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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