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M 1.6md

Earthquake near Tallaboa Alta, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Tallaboa Alta in the 24 hours to 1:40 am AST (05:40 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 10 km (6 mi) WSW, at 4:39 pm AST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Tallaboa Alta

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) north-northeast of Tallaboa Alta, PR, at 7:05 pm AST on 26 January 2019 (23:05 UTC), 25 km deep.

USGS: 7 km NNE of Tallaboa Alta, Puerto Rico

13 km (8 mi) NNW of Ponce, PR

7:05 pm AST, Jan 26, 2019 · · 25 km deep · released about 6.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Peñuelas Municipio 11 kmAdjuntas Municipio 13 kmPonce Municipio 13 kmJayuya Municipio 14 kmGuayanilla Municipio 18 kmUtuado Municipio 19 kmYauco Municipio 20 kmVillalba Municipio 21 kmJuana Díaz Municipio 22 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
7:05 pm AST on 26 January 2019 ()
Where
7 km (4 mi) north-northeast of Tallaboa Alta, PR · earthquakes near Tallaboa Alta
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
25 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Peñuelas Municipio, 11 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2846 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 Tallaboa Alta, 7 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: Peñuelas, Adjuntas, Santo Domingo, Ponce, Tallaboa, Coto Laurel.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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 18.1061, -66.6655. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) SW earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NW earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SSE earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Jayuya Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) NE earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) SW earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Utuado Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) NNW earthquakes near Utuado Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 6 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.0 2 km ESE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.7 3 km NNE of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 15 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.7 6 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.9 3 km E of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 24 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.5 Puerto Rico region
  9. 2.0 0 km SSE of Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.8 0 km SSE of Juncal, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.7 Mona Passage
  12. 2.0 1 km NNE of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.6 2 km WSW of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 3 km WSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.6 5 km SW of Sabana Grande, 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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