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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Espino, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Espino in the 24 hours to 12:42 am AST (04:42 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 2.5 earthquake was recorded 7 km (5 mi) northeast of Espino, PR, at 10:29 am AST on 3 February 2025 (14:29 UTC), 16 km deep.

USGS: 7 km NE of Espino, Puerto Rico

16 km (10 mi) NNE of Mayagüez, PR · 107 km (67 mi) W of San Juan, PR

10:29 am AST, Feb 3, 2025 · · 16 km deep · released about 150 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Moca Municipio 5 kmAñasco Municipio 7 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 12 kmAguada Municipio 12 kmLas Marías Municipio 16 kmAguadilla Municipio 18 kmRincón Municipio 18 kmIsabela Municipio 18 kmQuebradillas Municipio 22 km
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When
10:29 am AST on 3 February 2025 ()
Where
7 km (5 mi) northeast of Espino, PR · earthquakes near Espino
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Moca Municipio, 5 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 647 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 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Espino, 7 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 Sebastián 9 km, intensity II · Aguada 13 km, intensity II · Aguadilla 13 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 150 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 72,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 150 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 5.9 on 2020-01-11 — about 140,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 43 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 45 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 19 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 29 km NNW of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 36 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 18.3308, -67.0787. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Moca Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) N earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 7 km (5 mi) SW earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
San Sebastián Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) E earthquakes near San Sebastián Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) WNW earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) SE earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NNW earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 4 km S of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.7 10 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.7 10 km NNE of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 0 km NE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 4 km WSW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.6 2 km NNE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.8 2 km ENE of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.5 4 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.7 19 km N of Camuy, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.4 0 km ENE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 2 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.0 9 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.0 2 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.8 5 km WSW of Maricao, 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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