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M 2.6md

Earthquake near Sabana Grande, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Sabana Grande in the 24 hours to 11:32 am AST (15:32 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 22 km (13 mi) SSE, at 3:45 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Sabana Grande

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) north-northeast of Sabana Grande, PR, at 11:51 pm AST on 13 June 2023 (03:51 UTC), 17 km deep.

USGS: 6 km NNE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico

36 km (23 mi) WNW of Ponce, PR · 23 km (14 mi) ESE of Mayagüez, PR

11:51 pm AST, Jun 13, 2023 · · 17 km deep · released about 230 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Maricao Municipio 5 kmSabana Grande Municipio 5 kmYauco Municipio 10 kmSan Germán Municipio 11 kmLas Marías Municipio 12 kmLares Municipio 18 kmHormigueros Municipio 19 kmAdjuntas Municipio 20 kmLajas 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
11:51 pm AST on 13 June 2023 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) north-northeast of Sabana Grande, PR · earthquakes near Sabana Grande
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Maricao Municipio, 5 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1246 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 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. In Sabana Grande, 6 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.

Likely felt in: San Germán 12 km, intensity II · Yauco 14 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 230 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 65,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 46,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 230 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 520,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 45 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 33 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 46 km W of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 46 km W 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 18.1302, -66.9390. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Maricao Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) N earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) S earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) ESE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) WSW earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) NNW earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Lares Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NNE earthquakes near Lares Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 1 km SSE of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.4 12 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.7 3 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.5 4 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.6 Puerto Rico region
  6. 3.2 3 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.2 13 km SW of Gu?nica, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 7 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.6 3 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.4 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 Puerto Rico region
  12. 2.2 3 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.2 1 km NE of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.2 7 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.5 1 km SSW of Palomas, 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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