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M 1.8md

Earthquake near Sabana Grande, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Sabana Grande in the 24 hours to 2:48 pm AST (18:48 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 22 km (13 mi) SSE, at 3:45 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Sabana Grande

This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) north-northeast of Sabana Grande, PR, at 6:45 am AST on 25 June 2019 (10:45 UTC), 13 km deep.

USGS: 6 km NNE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico

36 km (22 mi) WNW of Ponce, PR · 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Mayagüez, PR

6:45 am AST, Jun 25, 2019 · · 13 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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When
6:45 am AST on 25 June 2019 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) north-northeast of Sabana Grande, PR · earthquakes near Sabana Grande
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Maricao Municipio, 5 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2696 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 4 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Sabana Grande, 6 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: Maricao, Liborio Negron Torres, Lluveras, San Germán, Yauco, Palomas.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 46 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 34 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 47 km W of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 47 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 18.1283, -66.9326. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Maricao Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) N earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) SSW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) ESE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) WSW earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) NNW earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Lares Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NNE earthquakes near Lares Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 1 km ESE of Stella, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.0 6 km NNE of Sabana Eneas, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 3 km ENE of Espino, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 8 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.5 5 km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.7 4 km WSW of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 2 km E of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.7 5 km NNE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.8 4 km SSW of Añasco, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.9 6 km NW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.6 5 km NNE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 5 km NNE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.6 7 km ESE of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 8 km W of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.0 8 km WSW of Guánica, 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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