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M 2.3md
Earthquake near Yauco, PR
No earthquake was likely felt in Yauco in the 24 hours to 12:53 pm AST (16:53 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 6 km (4 mi) ESE, at 4:39 pm AST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Yauco
This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) southeast of Yauco, PR, at 11:55 am AST on 26 February 2025 (15:55 UTC), 13 km deep.
USGS: 2 km SE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
22 km (14 mi) W of Ponce, PR
- When
- 11:55 am AST on 26 February 2025 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) southeast of Yauco, PR · earthquakes near Yauco
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (md)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Guayanilla Municipio, 4 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 623 days ago
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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 14 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Yauco, 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: Yauco 3 km, intensity II · Guayanilla 4 km, intensity II · Magas Arriba 6 km, intensity II · Tallaboa 12 km, intensity II · Tallaboa Alta 14 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 74 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 74 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 1,600,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 49 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 18.0198, -66.8283. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guayanilla Municipio, PR | 4 km (2 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio |
| Yauco Municipio, PR | 8 km (5 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Yauco Municipio |
| Peñuelas Municipio, PR | 11 km (7 mi) | E | earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio |
| Guánica Municipio, PR | 13 km (8 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Guánica Municipio |
| Sabana Grande Municipio, PR | 15 km (9 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio |
| Adjuntas Municipio, PR | 19 km (12 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 1 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
- 2.3 4 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
- 2.1 2 km SE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
- 2.5 3 km W of Indios, Puerto Rico
- 3.9 3 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
- 2.0 0 km N of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
- 2.3 2 km WNW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
- 2.2 1 km S of Maricao, Puerto Rico
- 2.3 1 km E of Fuig, Puerto Rico
- 2.3 2 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
- 2.2 0 km N of Indios, Puerto Rico
- 2.4 3 km SSW of Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico
- 2.1 4 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
- 2.3 0 km SW of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
- 2.5 1 km S of Indios, 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.
On USGS
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