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M 3.2md

Earthquake near Santa Isabel, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Santa Isabel in the 24 hours to 10:15 am AST (14:15 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 9 km (6 mi) NE, at 5:05 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Santa Isabel

This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) south of Santa Isabel, PR, at 5:08 pm AST on 27 June 2025 (21:08 UTC), 38 km deep.

USGS: 9 km S of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico

68 km (42 mi) SSW of San Juan, PR · 27 km (17 mi) ESE of Ponce, PR

5:08 pm AST, Jun 27, 2025 · · 38 km deep · released about 1,700 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Santa Isabel Municipio 8 kmJuana Díaz Municipio 16 kmSalinas Municipio 17 kmCoamo Municipio 25 kmPonce Municipio 26 kmVillalba Municipio 29 kmGuayama Municipio 29 kmAibonito Municipio 31 kmCayey Municipio 36 km
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When
5:08 pm AST on 27 June 2025 ()
Where
9 km (6 mi) south of Santa Isabel, PR · earthquakes near Santa Isabel
Magnitude
M 3.2 (md)
Depth
38 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Santa Isabel Municipio, 8 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 433 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 24 km (15 mi) from the epicentre. In Santa Isabel, 9 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: Santa Isabel 9 km, intensity II · Río Cañas Abajo 19 km, intensity II · Coamo 22 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,700 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 9,100× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 6,500× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,700 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.7× more

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 72,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 17.8847, -66.3963. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) N earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NW earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) NE earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR 25 km (15 mi) N earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) WNW earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 29 km (18 mi) NNW earthquakes near Villalba Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 3 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.6 1 km WNW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 1 km W of Río Cañas Abajo, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.4 2 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 1 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.4 0 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 2 km N of Santa Clara, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.9 0 km ESE of Vázquez, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.2 6 km SSW of Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 1 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 0 km N of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.2 0 km NNW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.4 0 km E of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.2 4 km SSW of Las Ochenta, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.3 9 km SSE of Maria Antonia, 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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