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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Maricao, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Maricao in the 24 hours to 4:46 pm AST (20:46 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 33 km (20 mi) SSE, at 3:45 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Maricao

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded in Maricao, PR, at 5:31 pm AST on 25 February 2019 (21:31 UTC), 14 km deep.

USGS: 0 km WSW of Maricao, Puerto Rico

16 km (10 mi) E of Mayagüez, PR · 101 km (63 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR

5:31 pm AST, Feb 25, 2019 · · 14 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Las Marías Municipio 6 kmMaricao Municipio 6 kmSan Germán Municipio 9 kmSabana Grande Municipio 11 kmHormigueros Municipio 14 kmLares Municipio 17 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 17 kmYauco Municipio 17 kmAñasco Municipio 19 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
5:31 pm AST on 25 February 2019 ()
Where
in Maricao, PR · earthquakes near Maricao
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Las Marías Municipio, 6 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2741 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 18 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. 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: San Germán 12 km, intensity II · Mayagüez 16 km, intensity II · Lares 17 km, intensity II · San Sebastián 18 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 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 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 38 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 49 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 26 km NNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 40 km W of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 40 km W 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 18.1788, -66.9881. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Las Marías Municipio, PR 6 km (3 mi) NNE earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 6 km (3 mi) E earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) SSW earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) SSE earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) WSW earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Lares Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) NE earthquakes near Lares Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 5 km NNE of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.8 27 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.5 0 km NNE of Monte Grande, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 Puerto Rico region
  5. 1.9 2 km SSW of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.6 9 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 4 km SSW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 12 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 6 km NW of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.0 6 km W of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.7 13 km NNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 16 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.8 2 km NW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.5 1 km NNW of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.7 3 km S of Maricao, 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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