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M 2.6md

Earthquake near Sabana Grande, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Sabana Grande in the last 24 hours. M 2.4, 16 km (10 mi) SSE of Sabana Grande, at 3:43 pm AST on 11 November 2026 (19:43 UTC); the estimated shaking in Sabana Grande was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Sabana Grande

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 2 km (1 mi) west-northwest of Sabana Grande, PR, at 2:31 pm AST on 18 June 2023 (18:31 UTC), 13 km deep.

USGS: 2 km WNW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico

39 km (24 mi) WNW of Ponce, PR · 21 km (13 mi) SE of Mayagüez, PR

2:31 pm AST, Jun 18, 2023 · · 13 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

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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
2:31 pm AST on 18 June 2023 ()
Where
2 km (1 mi) west-northwest of Sabana Grande, PR · earthquakes near Sabana Grande
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sabana Grande Municipio, 4 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1242 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 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Sabana Grande, 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.

Likely felt in: San Germán 7 km, intensity II · Yauco 15 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 220 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 70,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 50,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 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 560,000 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 · 47 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 36 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 43 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 42 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 18.0833, -66.9823. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 4 km (2 mi) E earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) WNW earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) NNE earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) E earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SSW earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) WNW earthquakes near Hormigueros 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. 2.2 1 km W of Indios, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.5 7 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 7 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 3 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 5 km SSE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.5 3 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.4 3 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.8 5 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.6 6 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 2 km NE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.0 2 km WNW of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.8 3 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 4 km ENE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.5 3 km NE of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.4 1 km N 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.

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