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M 2.8md

Earthquake near Isabela, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Isabela in the 24 hours to 11:29 am AST (15:29 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 31 km (19 mi) N, at 9:00 pm AST on 27 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Isabela

This page: a magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) west of Isabela, PR, at 1:57 am AST on 19 February 2025 (05:57 UTC), 21 km deep.

USGS: 2 km ENE of San Antonio, Puerto Rico

34 km (21 mi) NNE of Mayagüez, PR · 107 km (67 mi) W of San Juan, PR

1:57 am AST, Feb 19, 2025 · · 21 km deep · released about 530 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Isabela Municipio 7 kmAguadilla Municipio 8 kmMoca Municipio 14 kmQuebradillas Municipio 16 kmAguada Municipio 18 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 22 kmCamuy Municipio 23 kmAñasco Municipio 24 kmRincón Municipio 26 km
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When
1:57 am AST on 19 February 2025 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) west of Isabela, PR · earthquakes near Isabela
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
21 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Isabela Municipio, 7 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 630 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 20 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Isabela, 5 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: Rafael Hernandez 3 km, intensity II · Isabela 5 km, intensity II · Aguadilla 12 km, intensity II · Quebradillas 15 km, intensity II · Aguada 18 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 530 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 29,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 20,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 530 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 4.3 on 2017-10-14 — about 160 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.7 45 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 46 km N of this epicentre
  2. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 25 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 35 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 16 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 18 km WNW 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 18.4993, -67.0743. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Isabela Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) ESE earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) WSW earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 14 km (8 mi) S earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) ESE earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) SW earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
San Sebastián Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) SSE earthquakes near San Sebastián Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

47 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. 3.2 23 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.4 6 km E of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.2 6 km N of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.7 10 km W of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.9 3 km WSW of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.6 1 km SSE of Rafael Capo, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.1 19 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.0 46 km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 8 km NE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.9 5 km W of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.0 46 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.3 2 km ESE of Mayagüez, 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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