Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.3md
98 km SSE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
Yes. A magnitude 3.3 earthquake was recorded 98 km SSE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico, at 10:21 am AST on 11 April 2026 (14:21 UTC), 15 km deep.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.3 (md)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Maunabo Municipio, 99 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 215 days ago
Earthquake alerts for Emajagua, PR
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 50 km (31 mi) from the epicentre. 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 1.4 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 120,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 5,400× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 3,800× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.3 about 1.4 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.9× 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 68 km SSE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico · 32 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 17.1847, -65.5208. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maunabo Municipio, PR | 99 km (62 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Maunabo Municipio |
| Patillas Municipio, PR | 103 km (64 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Patillas Municipio |
| Arroyo Municipio, PR | 104 km (64 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Arroyo Municipio |
| Yabucoa Municipio, PR | 104 km (64 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Yabucoa Municipio |
| Vieques Municipio, PR | 105 km (65 mi) | N | earthquakes near Vieques Municipio |
| Humacao Municipio, PR | 109 km (68 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Humacao Municipio |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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