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M 1.6md

Earthquake near Lluveras, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Lluveras in the last 24 hours. M 2.1, 8 km (5 mi) SE of Lluveras, at 4:14 pm AST on 11 November 2026 (20:14 UTC); the estimated shaking in Lluveras was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Lluveras

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 2 km (1 mi) northwest of Lluveras, PR, at 2:45 am AST on 18 January 2021 (06:45 UTC), 11 km deep.

USGS: 2 km NW of Lluveras, Puerto Rico

32 km (20 mi) W of Ponce, PR · 29 km (18 mi) SE of Mayagüez, PR

2:45 am AST, Jan 18, 2021 · · 11 km deep · released about 6.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sabana Grande Municipio 5 kmYauco Municipio 7 kmGuánica Municipio 12 kmMaricao Municipio 14 kmGuayanilla Municipio 14 kmSan Germán Municipio 14 kmLajas Municipio 15 kmPeñuelas Municipio 20 kmLas Marías Municipio 20 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
2:45 am AST on 18 January 2021 ()
Where
2 km (1 mi) northwest of Lluveras, PR · earthquakes near Lluveras
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sabana Grande Municipio, 5 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1937 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 Lluveras, 2 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: Liborio Negron Torres, Sabana Grande, Palomas, Fuig, Yauco, Maria Antonia.

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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 6.4 on 2020-01-07 — about 18,000,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 42 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 50 km WNW 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 18.0533, -66.9181. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) NW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 7 km (5 mi) ENE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) S earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 14 km (8 mi) N earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) ESE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) WNW earthquakes near San Germán 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. 1.9 1 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.6 6 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 19 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.7 2 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 3 km WSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.6 0 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 0 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.9 1 km SW of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.7 6 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 2 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 6 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.2 2 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 1 km SE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.4 5 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.8 1 km SSE of Maria Antonia, 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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