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M 2.6md

Earthquake near Indios, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Indios in the last 24 hours. M 2.1, 3 km (2 mi) W of Indios, at 4:14 pm AST on 11 November 2026 (20:14 UTC); the estimated shaking in Indios was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Indios

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) south-southeast of Indios, PR, at 5:20 pm AST on 23 May 2026 (21:20 UTC), 7.0 km deep.

USGS: 8 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico

20 km (12 mi) WSW of Ponce, PR

5:20 pm AST, May 23, 2026 · · 7.0 km deep · released about 230 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Indios Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Guayanilla Municipio 10 kmPeñuelas Municipio 14 kmGuánica Municipio 14 kmYauco Municipio 20 kmPonce Municipio 22 kmSabana Grande Municipio 25 kmLajas Municipio 27 kmAdjuntas Municipio 29 kmMaricao Municipio 32 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
5:20 pm AST on 23 May 2026 ()
Where
9 km (5 mi) south-southeast of Indios, PR · earthquakes near Indios
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guayanilla Municipio, 10 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 172 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 Indios, 9 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: Guayanilla 11 km, intensity II · Magas Arriba 11 km, intensity II · Tallaboa 12 km, intensity II · Yauco 14 km, intensity II · Tallaboa Alta 18 km, intensity II · Ponce 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 230 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 65,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 46,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 230 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 6.4 on 2020-01-07 — about 520,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 17.9198, -66.7935. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) N earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) NNE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) WNW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) NNW earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) ENE earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 25 km (15 mi) NW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 1 km E of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.3 2 km W of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 3 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 8 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.3 4 km N of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.6 5 km SSW of Utuado, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 3 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 7 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 9 km SSE of Lares, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.3 1 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.4 1 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 4 km N of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.1 8 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.3 7 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 7 km ESE of La Parguera, 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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