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Earthquake near Pole Ojea, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Pole Ojea in the 24 hours to 1:05 am AST (05:05 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 8 km (5 mi) ENE, at 11:57 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Pole Ojea

This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 2 km (2 mi) northeast of Pole Ojea, PR, at 5:58 am AST on 8 June 2025 (09:58 UTC), 6.0 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 2 km NE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico

23 km (15 mi) S of Mayagüez, PR · 126 km (78 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR

5:58 am AST, Jun 8, 2025 · · 6.0 km deep · released about 1.1 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cabo Rojo Municipio 1 kmLajas Municipio 14 kmHormigueros Municipio 17 kmSan Germán Municipio 19 kmSabana Grande Municipio 26 kmGuánica Municipio 27 kmMaricao Municipio 32 kmAñasco Municipio 33 kmLas Marías Municipio 33 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
5:58 am AST on 8 June 2025 ()
Where
2 km (2 mi) northeast of Pole Ojea, PR · earthquakes near Pole Ojea
Magnitude
M 3.2 (md)
Depth
6.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Cabo Rojo Municipio, 1 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 521 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 48 km (30 mi) from the epicentre. In Pole Ojea, 2 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: Pole Ojea 2 km, intensity III · Puerto Real 9 km, intensity III · San Germán 17 km, intensity III · Mayagüez 23 km, intensity II · Yauco 34 km, intensity II · Rincón 40 km, intensity II · Guayanilla 40 km, intensity II · Magas Arriba 43 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1.1 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 160,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,200× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,100× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1.1 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.2× 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 57,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 47 km NNE of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 30 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 29 km NW 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 17.9923, -67.1711. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 1 km (1 mi) WNW earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) E earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) NNE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) NE earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) ENE earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 27 km (17 mi) E earthquakes near Guánica 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. 2.1 7 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 7 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.2 4 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 4 km SSW of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 7 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.5 6 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.4 7 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.5 7 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.4 6 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.3 7 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 7 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.8 6 km WNW of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.4 3 km SSW of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.4 1 km NNW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 2 km NNW of Guayanilla, 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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