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M 2.3md

Earthquake near Lajas, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Lajas in the last 24 hours. M 2.4, 19 km (12 mi) SE of Lajas, at 3:43 pm AST on 11 November 2026 (19:43 UTC); the estimated shaking in Lajas was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Lajas

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded in Lajas, PR, at 4:12 am AST on 31 December 2025 (08:12 UTC), 9.4 km deep.

USGS: 1 km NE of Lajas, Puerto Rico

19 km (12 mi) SSE of Mayagüez, PR · 111 km (69 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR

4:12 am AST, Dec 31, 2025 · · 9.4 km deep · released about 72 lb of TNT

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When
4:12 am AST on 31 December 2025 ()
Where
in Lajas, PR · earthquakes near Lajas
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
9.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Germán Municipio, 6 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 316 days ago

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 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. 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: San Germán 3 km, intensity II · Puerto Real 15 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 72 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 210,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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 1,700,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 46 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 38 km N of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 37 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 37 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 18.0590, -67.0463. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
San Germán Municipio, PR 6 km (3 mi) N earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) S earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) ENE earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) NW earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) WSW earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) NE earthquakes near Maricao Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 13 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 6 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 13 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.8 11 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.6 4 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 6 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 3 km SW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.3 4 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.0 9 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.7 9 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 9 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.7 5 km SE of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 5 km SE of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.9 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.0 6 km SW 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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