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M 2.7md

Earthquake near Tallaboa, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Tallaboa in the 24 hours to 9:53 pm AST (01:53 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 9 km (5 mi) WNW, at 4:39 pm AST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Tallaboa

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 2 km (1 mi) northwest of Tallaboa, PR, at 1:34 am AST on 9 January 2024 (05:34 UTC), 40 km deep.

USGS: 2 km NW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico

11 km (7 mi) W of Ponce, PR

1:34 am AST, Jan 9, 2024 · · 40 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Peñuelas Municipio 2 kmGuayanilla Municipio 7 kmPonce Municipio 13 kmYauco Municipio 16 kmAdjuntas Municipio 19 kmGuánica Municipio 22 kmSabana Grande Municipio 25 kmJuana Díaz Municipio 25 kmJayuya Municipio 27 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
1:34 am AST on 9 January 2024 ()
Where
2 km (1 mi) northwest of Tallaboa, PR · earthquakes near Tallaboa
Magnitude
M 2.7 (md)
Depth
40 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Peñuelas Municipio, 2 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1038 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Tallaboa, 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: Magas Arriba, Peñuelas, Tallaboa Alta, Santo Domingo, Guayanilla, Indios.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 350,000 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 18.0108, -66.7283. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 2 km (1 mi) N earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 7 km (5 mi) W earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) E earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) WNW earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) N earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) WSW earthquakes near Guánica 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 0 km NNW of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.4 5 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.5 5 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.6 9 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.6 17 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.6 7 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.0 10 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.6 5 km WSW of Orocovis, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.5 9 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.5 3 km NE of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.5 0 km WNW of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.7 1 km SSW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.4 1 km NW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.3 6 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.5 8 km SW of Guánica, 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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