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M 3.1md

Earthquake near Indios, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Indios in the last 24 hours. M 2.1, 3 km (2 mi) W of Indios, at 4:14 pm AST on 11 November 2026 (20:14 UTC); the estimated shaking in Indios was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Indios

This page: a magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) south-southeast of Indios, PR, at 10:03 am AST on 12 January 2021 (14:03 UTC), 6.0 km deep.

USGS: 10 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico

20 km (13 mi) WSW of Ponce, PR

10:03 am AST, Jan 12, 2021 · · 6.0 km deep · released about 1,400 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Guayanilla Municipio 11 kmGuánica Municipio 15 kmPeñuelas Municipio 15 kmYauco Municipio 21 kmPonce Municipio 22 kmSabana Grande Municipio 26 kmLajas Municipio 28 kmAdjuntas Municipio 31 kmJuana Díaz Municipio 33 km
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When
10:03 am AST on 12 January 2021 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) south-southeast of Indios, PR · earthquakes near Indios
Magnitude
M 3.1 (md)
Depth
6.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guayanilla Municipio, 11 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2062 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 42 km (26 mi) from the epicentre. In Indios, 10 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.

Likely felt in: Guayanilla 13 km, intensity III · Tallaboa 13 km, intensity III · Magas Arriba 13 km, intensity III · Yauco 16 km, intensity III · Tallaboa Alta 19 km, intensity III · Ponce 21 km, intensity II · Adjuntas 30 km, intensity II · San Germán 33 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,400 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 10,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,400× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,400 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.5× more

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 6.4 on 2020-01-07 — about 83,000 times the energy of this one.

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 17.9053, -66.7900. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) N earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) WNW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) NNE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) NNW earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) ENE earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) NW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 7 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.9 4 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 1 km E of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 4 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.9 5 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.5 12 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.2 7 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 1 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.2 4 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.6 0 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.6 7 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.9 3 km ENE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 3 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.7 4 km ENE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.8 4 km ENE of La Parguera, 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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