Earthquake near Playita Cortada, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Playita Cortada in the 24 hours to 12:14 pm AST (16:14 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 11 km (7 mi) ENE, at 5:05 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Playita Cortada

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) south of Playita Cortada, PR, at 7:13 am AST on 25 June 2019 (11:13 UTC), 13 km deep.

USGS: 2 km S of Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico

20 km (12 mi) ESE of Ponce, PR

7:13 am AST, Jun 25, 2019 · 2019-06-25 11:13 UTC · 13 km deep · released about 10 lb of TNT

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When: 7:13 am AST on 25 June 2019 (2019-06-25 11:13 UTC)
Where: 3 km (2 mi) south of Playita Cortada, PR · earthquakes near Playita Cortada
Magnitude: M 1.7 (md)
Depth: 13 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Santa Isabel Municipio, 6 km E
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2696 days ago · 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Playita Cortada, 3 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: Santa Isabel, Las Ollas, Potala Pastillo, El Ojo, Jauca, Río Cañas Abajo.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 10 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 4.6 on 2019-03-12 — about 24,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 47 km NE of this epicentre Dec 24, 2010

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

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR	6 km (4 mi)	E	earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR	7 km (4 mi)	NW	earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR	18 km (11 mi)	WNW	earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR	18 km (11 mi)	NNE	earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR	19 km (12 mi)	N	earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR	19 km (12 mi)	E	earthquakes near Salinas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1.9 4 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico 17:05 UTC
1.7 3 km N of Orocovis, Puerto Rico 08:32 UTC
2.0 30 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico 10:32 UTC
1.6 7 km WSW of Orocovis, Puerto Rico 23:58 UTC
2.3 1 km NNW of Palomas, Puerto Rico 09:43 UTC
1.7 3 km S of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico 21:46 UTC
1.5 2 km NE of Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico 17:02 UTC
2.2 7 km N of Jayuya, Puerto Rico 12:12 UTC
1.7 2 km SSE of Cayuco, Puerto Rico 10:12 UTC
1.9 4 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico 17:03 UTC
1.9 5 km NNE of Río Cañas Abajo, Puerto Rico 16:51 UTC
1.9 8 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico 07:03 UTC
1.7 4 km WSW of Ponce, Puerto Rico 03:42 UTC
1.9 6 km NW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico 20:58 UTC
1.6 6 km NNE of Ponce, Puerto Rico 04:13 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 16:14 UTC. 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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