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M 4.4ml

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 4.4 earthquake was recorded in Indios, PR, at 5:06 am AST on 20 March 2025 (09:06 UTC), 13 km deep. 95 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 1 km ESE of Indios, Puerto Rico

20 km (12 mi) W of Ponce, PR

5:06 am AST, Mar 20, 2025 · · 13 km deep · released about 60 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Guayanilla Municipio 2 kmPeñuelas Municipio 9 kmYauco Municipio 12 kmGuánica Municipio 13 kmSabana Grande Municipio 18 kmPonce Municipio 21 kmAdjuntas Municipio 22 kmMaricao Municipio 24 kmLajas Municipio 24 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
5:06 am AST on 20 March 2025 ()
Where
in Indios, PR · earthquakes near Indios
Magnitude
M 4.4 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
95 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Guayanilla Municipio, 2 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 531 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 129 km (80 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: Guayanilla 4 km, intensity IV · Magas Arriba 5 km, intensity IV · Yauco 6 km, intensity IV · Tallaboa 10 km, intensity IV · Tallaboa Alta 13 km, intensity IV · Ponce 20 km, intensity III · Adjuntas 21 km, intensity III · San Germán 27 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 60 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 2,800× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.4 about 60 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 130× 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 1,000 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 17.9920, -66.8090. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 2 km (1 mi) NE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) ENE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) NNW earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) WSW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) E earthquakes near Ponce Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 2 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 3 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 0 km E of Indios, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.0 4 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 0 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.2 1 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.5 4 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.9 0 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.7 0 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.0 0 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.4 1 km E of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 1 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.6 2 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.3 2 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.5 1 km SE of Indios, 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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