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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Pájaros, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Pájaros in the 24 hours to 11:30 am AST (15:30 UTC). The last one was M 4.8, 91 km (56 mi) WSW, at 9:19 am AST on 18 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 86 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Pájaros

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) east-southeast of Pájaros, PR, at 6:54 pm AST on 30 March 2026 (22:54 UTC), 62 km deep.

USGS: 4 km ESE of Pájaros, Puerto Rico

in Bayamón, PR

6:54 pm AST, Mar 30, 2026 · · 62 km deep · released about 150 lb of TNT

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When
6:54 pm AST on 30 March 2026 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) east-southeast of Pájaros, PR · earthquakes near Pájaros
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
62 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Bayamón Municipio, 1 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 226 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 Pájaros, 5 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: Bayamón, Mucarabones, Guaynabo, Candelaria, Sabana Seca, Candelaria Arenas.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 150 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 72,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 150 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 4.6 on 2019-03-12 — about 1,600 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 12 km N of Garrochales, Puerto Rico · 47 km WNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 11 km SSE of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 24 km NW 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 18.3565, -66.1722. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Bayamón Municipio, PR 1 km (1 mi) SSE earthquakes near Bayamón Municipio
Guaynabo Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) ESE earthquakes near Guaynabo Municipio
Toa Alta Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) W earthquakes near Toa Alta Municipio
Cataño Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NNE earthquakes near Cataño Municipio
Naranjito Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) SW earthquakes near Naranjito Municipio
Toa Baja Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) N earthquakes near Toa Baja Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.9 12 km NNE of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 7 km SSW of Jagual, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.1 4 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.9 2 km NW of Sabana, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 5 km ENE of Comerío, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.2 3 km SSW of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.9 1 km E of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 3 km W of Vázquez, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 6 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.0 5 km SSE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.7 15 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 7 km WSW of Naranjito, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 6 km S of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 2 km ENE of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.2 10 km NNE of Brenas, 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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