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M 2.8md

Earthquake near Mayagüez, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Mayagüez in the 24 hours to 12:58 pm AST (16:58 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 25 km (15 mi) SSE, at 3:17 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Mayagüez

This page: a magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) east of Mayagüez, PR, at 4:29 pm AST on 8 September 2025 (20:29 UTC), 17 km deep.

USGS: 8 km E of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

8 km (5 mi) E of Mayagüez, PR · 108 km (67 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR

4:29 pm AST, Sep 8, 2025 · · 17 km deep · released about 550 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Hormigueros Municipio 9 kmSan Germán Municipio 10 kmLas Marías Municipio 10 kmAñasco Municipio 13 kmMaricao Municipio 14 kmSabana Grande Municipio 17 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 18 kmMoca Municipio 21 kmLares Municipio 22 km
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When
4:29 pm AST on 8 September 2025 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) east of Mayagüez, PR · earthquakes near Mayagüez
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hormigueros Municipio, 9 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 429 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 Mayagüez, 8 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 8 km, intensity II · San Germán 12 km, intensity II · San Sebastián 18 km, intensity II · Puerto Real 19 km, intensity II · Lares 23 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 550 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 28,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 19,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 550 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 220,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 32 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 44 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 23 km N of this epicentre
  4. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 32 km W of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 33 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 18.1920, -67.0625. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 9 km (5 mi) SW earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) SSE earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) ENE earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NW earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 14 km (8 mi) E earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) SE earthquakes near Sabana Grande 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.

  1. 2.2 4 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.0 1 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.5 8 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 1 km E of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 3 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.5 5 km SSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 4 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.5 2 km E of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.4 2 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.4 2 km WNW of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.4 8 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.6 1 km NW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 7 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.2 17 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.9 18 km S 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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