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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Coamo, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Coamo in the 24 hours to 6:02 pm AST (22:02 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 6 km (4 mi) S, at 5:05 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Coamo

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) north of Coamo, PR, at 6:58 pm AST on 18 April 2026 (22:58 UTC), 5.7 km deep.

USGS: 5 km N of Coamo, Puerto Rico

44 km (28 mi) SW of San Juan, PR · 31 km (19 mi) ENE of Ponce, PR

6:58 pm AST, Apr 18, 2026 · · 5.7 km deep · released about 190 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Coamo Municipio 2 kmBarranquitas Municipio 10 kmAibonito Municipio 11 kmVillalba Municipio 11 kmOrocovis Municipio 13 kmComerío Municipio 19 kmSanta Isabel Municipio 19 kmJuana Díaz Municipio 19 kmSalinas Municipio 20 km
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When
6:58 pm AST on 18 April 2026 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) north of Coamo, PR · earthquakes near Coamo
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
5.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Coamo Municipio, 2 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 207 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Coamo, 5 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.

Likely felt in: Coamo 5 km, intensity III · Río Cañas Abajo 15 km, intensity II · Santa Isabel 18 km, intensity II · Cayey 21 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 190 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 78,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 55,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 190 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 5.6 on 2020-01-07 — about 39,000 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 · 29 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 42 km N 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 18.1248, -66.3647. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Coamo Municipio, PR 2 km (2 mi) SSE earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Barranquitas Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NE earthquakes near Barranquitas Municipio
Aibonito Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) E earthquakes near Aibonito Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) W earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Orocovis Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NW earthquakes near Orocovis Municipio
Comerío Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) NE earthquakes near Comerío Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 5 km NNE of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.6 8 km NW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 6 km S of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.0 2 km ENE of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.7 2 km NW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.4 1 km NE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 6 km ENE of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.2 10 km NNE of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.4 4 km SSE of Utuado, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 4 km SSE of Utuado, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.4 5 km N of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.2 2 km S of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.4 8 km NNE of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.8 6 km SSE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 4 km S of Magas Arriba, 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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