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M 3.0md

Earthquake near Hatillo, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Hatillo in the 24 hours to 12:09 pm AST (16:09 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 40 km (25 mi) NW, at 9:00 pm AST on 27 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Hatillo

This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) north of Hatillo, PR, at 6:50 am AST on 16 February 2025 (10:50 UTC), 11 km deep.

USGS: 9 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico

83 km (52 mi) WNW of San Juan, PR · 17 km (10 mi) NW of Arecibo, PR

6:50 am AST, Feb 16, 2025 · · 11 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Hatillo Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Camuy Municipio 15 kmHatillo Municipio 15 kmQuebradillas Municipio 16 kmIsabela Municipio 22 kmArecibo Municipio 23 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 31 kmBarceloneta Municipio 31 kmLares Municipio 33 kmMoca Municipio 34 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
6:50 am AST on 16 February 2025 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) north of Hatillo, PR · earthquakes near Hatillo
Magnitude
M 3.0 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Camuy Municipio, 15 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 633 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 35 km (22 mi) from the epicentre. In Hatillo, 10 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Hatillo 10 km, intensity III · Quebradillas 16 km, intensity II · Arecibo 16 km, intensity II · Isabela 22 km, intensity II · Rafael Hernandez 29 km, intensity II · San Sebastián 31 km, intensity II · Lares 31 km, intensity II · Barceloneta 34 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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 4.2 on 2022-12-30 — about 59 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.7 45 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 48 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 40 km WNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 43 km WSW of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 42 km W of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 37 km W 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 18.5728, -66.8308. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Camuy Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) SSW earthquakes near Camuy Municipio
Hatillo Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) SSE earthquakes near Hatillo Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) SW earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 22 km (13 mi) WSW earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Arecibo Municipio, PR 23 km (14 mi) SE earthquakes near Arecibo Municipio
San Sebastián Municipio, PR 31 km (19 mi) SSW earthquakes near San Sebastián Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 3 km NE of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.8 19 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.6 2 km WNW of Piedra Gorda, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.0 2 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 2 km NE of Jayuya, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.3 55 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.4 24 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.2 23 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.4 6 km E of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.8 25 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.7 27 km NNW of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.6 1 km SSE of Rafael Capo, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.1 19 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.0 46 km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 8 km NE of Sabana Grande, 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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