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M 2.1md

Earthquake near Maricao, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Maricao in the 24 hours to 6:11 pm AST (22:11 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 33 km (20 mi) SSE, at 3:45 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Maricao

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) southeast of Maricao, PR, at 3:54 am AST on 30 January 2026 (07:54 UTC), 24 km deep.

USGS: 7 km SE of Maricao, Puerto Rico

35 km (22 mi) WNW of Ponce, PR · 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Mayagüez, PR

3:54 am AST, Jan 30, 2026 · · 24 km deep · released about 38 lb of TNT

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When
3:54 am AST on 30 January 2026 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) southeast of Maricao, PR · earthquakes near Maricao
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Maricao Municipio, 4 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 286 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 Maricao, 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Sabana Grande, Liborio Negron Torres, Lluveras, Yauco, San Germán, Palomas.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 38 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 390,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 280,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 25× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 38 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 3,100,000 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 · 45 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 33 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 48 km W of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 48 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 18.1420, -66.9215. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Maricao Municipio, PR 4 km (2 mi) NNW earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) SSW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) SE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) NNW earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) WSW earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Lares Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NNE earthquakes near Lares 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 11 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.8 7 km NNE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 6 km NNE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 2 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 0 km ESE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.5 2 km NW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.2 4 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.9 6 km SW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 3 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.3 3 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.6 11 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 0 km SW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.6 4 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.7 11 km NNW of Camuy, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.6 4 km S of Indios, 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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