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M 2.2md

Earthquake near Sabana Eneas, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Sabana Eneas in the 24 hours to 12:52 am AST (04:52 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 10 km (6 mi) SSW, at 11:57 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Sabana Eneas

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) north of Sabana Eneas, PR, at 9:25 pm AST on 6 January 2026 (01:25 UTC), 25 km deep.

USGS: 3 km N of Sabana Eneas, Puerto Rico

11 km (7 mi) SSE of Mayagüez, PR · 113 km (70 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR

9:25 pm AST, Jan 6, 2026 · · 25 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Hormigueros Municipio 4 kmSan Germán Municipio 5 kmSabana Grande Municipio 15 kmLajas Municipio 16 kmLas Marías Municipio 17 kmCabo Rojo Municipio 17 kmMaricao Municipio 17 kmAñasco Municipio 19 kmYauco Municipio 24 km
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When
9:25 pm AST on 6 January 2026 ()
Where
4 km (2 mi) north of Sabana Eneas, PR · earthquakes near Sabana Eneas
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
25 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hormigueros Municipio, 4 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 309 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Sabana Eneas, 4 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Monte Grande, Hormigueros, San Germán, Cabo Rojo, Lajas, Palmarejo.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 2,000,000 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 · 38 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 31 km N of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 31 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 31 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 18.1198, -67.0867. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 4 km (2 mi) WNW earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) ESE earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) ESE earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) SSE earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) NE earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) SW earthquakes near Cabo Rojo 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. 2.4 19 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.4 8 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.9 2 km SE of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.4 3 km N of Sabana Eneas, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 4 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.2 1 km NW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 1 km N of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 2 km E of Lajas, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.2 1 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 4 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.4 9 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.7 5 km N of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 11 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 4 km ENE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.3 3 km ESE 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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