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M 2.3md

Earthquake near Espino, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Espino in the 24 hours to 3:07 pm AST (19:07 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 35 km (22 mi) S, at 5:47 pm AST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Espino

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) northeast of Espino, PR, at 7:58 pm AST on 24 January 2025 (23:58 UTC), 18 km deep.

USGS: 3 km NE of Espino, Puerto Rico

12 km (7 mi) NNE of Mayagüez, PR · 110 km (68 mi) W of San Juan, PR

7:58 pm AST, Jan 24, 2025 · · 18 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Añasco Municipio 4 kmMoca Municipio 9 kmAguada Municipio 13 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 14 kmLas Marías Municipio 15 kmRincón Municipio 17 kmHormigueros Municipio 18 kmAguadilla Municipio 21 kmMaricao Municipio 22 km
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When
7:58 pm AST on 24 January 2025 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) northeast of Espino, PR · earthquakes near Espino
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Añasco Municipio, 4 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 656 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Espino, 3 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: Añasco, Las Marias, La Playa, Luyando, Moca, Mayagüez.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 1,400,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 46 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 47 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 20 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 32 km NNW of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 39 km NNW 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 18.2967, -67.0955. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Añasco Municipio, PR 4 km (2 mi) WSW earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) N earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NW earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
San Sebastián Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) ENE earthquakes near San Sebastián Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) ESE earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) WNW earthquakes near Rincón Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.4 6 km NE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 2 km E of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 1 km NNE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 1 km SSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.8 2 km NE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 10 km SE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 3 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.5 5 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.3 8 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 2 km SE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 7 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 3 km NE of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.5 7 km NE of Espino, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.5 2 km NE of Maria Antonia, 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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