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M 2.7md

Earthquake near Coco, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Coco in the 24 hours to 10:10 am AST (14:10 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 10 km (6 mi) WNW, at 5:05 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Coco

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) north-northwest of Coco, PR, at 7:14 am AST on 4 February 2025 (11:14 UTC), 16 km deep.

USGS: 2 km NNW of Coco, Puerto Rico

46 km (29 mi) SSW of San Juan, PR · 33 km (20 mi) SW of Caguas, PR

7:14 am AST, Feb 4, 2025 · · 16 km deep · released about 380 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Salinas Municipio 7 kmAibonito Municipio 11 kmCoamo Municipio 12 kmCayey Municipio 14 kmGuayama Municipio 15 kmSanta Isabel Municipio 16 kmBarranquitas Municipio 19 kmCidra Municipio 19 kmComerío Municipio 22 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
7:14 am AST on 4 February 2025 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) north-northwest of Coco, PR · earthquakes near Coco
Magnitude
M 2.7 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Salinas Municipio, 7 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 645 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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Coco, 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.

Likely felt in: Coamo 11 km, intensity II · Cayey 14 km, intensity II · Santa Isabel 17 km, intensity II · Guayama 17 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 380 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 40,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 29,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 380 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 5.4 on 2020-05-02 — about 10,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 29 km NNE 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 18.0333, -66.2655. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Salinas Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) S earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Aibonito Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) N earthquakes near Aibonito Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) NW earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Cayey Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) ENE earthquakes near Cayey Municipio
Guayama Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) ESE earthquakes near Guayama Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) SW earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 3 km SSW of Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 22 km S of Lamboglia, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.2 9 km S of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 0 km N of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.6 2 km SSE of Lamboglia, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.4 0 km SW of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.4 0 km NW of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 4 km WNW of Olimpo, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.4 3 km SSW of Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.8 8 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 1 km WSW of Vázquez, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.3 4 km N of Peñuelas, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.0 1 km NNW of Ingenio, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.1 1 km S of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.1 7 km SSE of Ponce, 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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