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M 3.4md

Earthquake near Suárez, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Suárez in the 24 hours to 10:42 am AST (14:42 UTC). The last one was M 4.1, 76 km (47 mi) SE, at 5:44 am AST on 28 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 5 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Suárez

This page: a magnitude 3.4 earthquake was recorded 50 km (31 mi) north of Suárez, PR, at 9:02 pm AST on 25 March 2026 (01:02 UTC), 120 km deep.

USGS: 49 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico

59 km (36 mi) NNE of San Juan, PR · 54 km (34 mi) NNE of Carolina, PR

9:02 pm AST, Mar 25, 2026 · · 120 km deep · released about 2 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Loíza Municipio 50 kmRío Grande Municipio 56 kmCarolina Municipio 56 kmSan Juan Municipio 57 kmLuquillo Municipio 58 kmCataño Municipio 59 kmFajardo Municipio 60 kmToa Baja Municipio 61 kmCanóvanas Municipio 61 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
9:02 pm AST on 25 March 2026 ()
Where
50 km (31 mi) north of Suárez, PR · earthquakes near Suárez
Magnitude
M 3.4 (md)
Depth
120 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Loíza Municipio, 50 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 230 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Suárez, 50 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 2 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 83,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 3,700× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,600× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.4 about 2 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 4.3× 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 4.2 on 2023-12-25 — about 13 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 92 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico · 43 km NNE of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 73 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico · 36 km ENE 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 18.8773, -65.8177. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Loíza Municipio, PR 50 km (31 mi) SSW earthquakes near Loíza Municipio
Río Grande Municipio, PR 56 km (35 mi) S earthquakes near Río Grande Municipio
Carolina Municipio, PR 56 km (35 mi) SSW earthquakes near Carolina Municipio
San Juan Municipio, PR 57 km (35 mi) SSW earthquakes near San Juan Municipio
Luquillo Municipio, PR 58 km (36 mi) SSE earthquakes near Luquillo Municipio
Cataño Municipio, PR 59 km (37 mi) SW earthquakes near Cataño Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.2 31 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.1 84 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.9 29 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.2 72 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.2 44 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.8 70 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.3 50 km N of Loíza, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.2 66 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.8 52 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.7 65 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.7 15 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.1 55 km NNE of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.0 60 km N of Loíza, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.9 23 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.2 51 km NNE of Vieques, 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.

On USGS

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