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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Santa Clara, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Santa Clara in the 24 hours to 10:17 am AST (14:17 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 49 km (30 mi) SW, at 8:40 am AST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Santa Clara

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded in Santa Clara, PR, at 4:33 pm AST on 5 April 2026 (20:33 UTC), 30 km deep.

USGS: 1 km W of Santa Clara, Puerto Rico

23 km (14 mi) SSW of San Juan, PR · 11 km (7 mi) W of Caguas, PR

4:33 pm AST, Apr 5, 2026 · · 30 km deep · released about 200 lb of TNT

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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
4:33 pm AST on 5 April 2026 ()
Where
in Santa Clara, PR · earthquakes near Santa Clara
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
30 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Aguas Buenas Municipio, 5 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 220 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. 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: Sumidero, Cidra, Aguas Buenas, Parcelas La Milagrosa, Comerío, Parcelas Nuevas.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 200 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 75,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 53,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 200 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 2016-12-05 — about 1,200 times the energy of this one.

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

  1. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 5 km NNE of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 38 km NNW 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 18.2172, -66.1467. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Aguas Buenas Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) NNE earthquakes near Aguas Buenas Municipio
Cidra Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) SSW earthquakes near Cidra Municipio
Comerío Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) W earthquakes near Comerío Municipio
Caguas Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) E earthquakes near Caguas Municipio
Cayey Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) S earthquakes near Cayey Municipio
Naranjito Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) NW earthquakes near Naranjito Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 5 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.8 5 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 7 km SSW of Jagual, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 3 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.1 4 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.9 2 km NW of Sabana, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 7 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 5 km ENE of Comerío, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.2 3 km SSW of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.0 8 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.9 1 km E of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.2 3 km W of Vázquez, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.9 6 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 6 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.9 11 km S of Emajagua, 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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