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M 2.7md

Earthquake near Las Marias, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Las Marias in the 24 hours to 5:21 pm AST (21:21 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 12 km (8 mi) NNE, at 12:03 am AST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Las Marias

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) east-southeast of Las Marias, PR, at 11:46 pm AST on 1 June 2025 (03:46 UTC), 19 km deep.

USGS: 5 km WSW of Las Marías, Puerto Rico

11 km (7 mi) ENE of Mayagüez, PR · 105 km (65 mi) W of San Juan, PR

11:46 pm AST, Jun 1, 2025 · · 19 km deep · released about 330 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Las Marías Municipio 6 kmAñasco Municipio 12 kmMaricao Municipio 13 kmHormigueros Municipio 13 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 13 kmSan Germán Municipio 14 kmMoca Municipio 17 kmLares Municipio 19 kmSabana Grande Municipio 19 km
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When
11:46 pm AST on 1 June 2025 ()
Where
13 km (8 mi) east-southeast of Las Marias, PR · earthquakes near Las Marias
Magnitude
M 2.7 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Las Marías Municipio, 6 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 528 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 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. In Las Marias, 13 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: Mayagüez 11 km, intensity II · San Sebastián 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 330 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 46,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 33,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 330 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 370,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 30 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 41 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 48 km NNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 19 km N of this epicentre
  5. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 35 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 18.2303, -67.0390. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Las Marías Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) E earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) WNW earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) ESE earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SW earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
San Sebastián Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NNE earthquakes near San Sebastián Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 14 km (8 mi) S earthquakes near San Germán Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 1 km ESE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.3 3 km S of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 10 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 4 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.4 3 km SW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.4 7 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.3 2 km NW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.7 5 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.9 5 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 3 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 3 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 3 km SW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.2 5 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.1 4 km SSW of Guánica, 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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