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M 2.0md

Earthquake near Olimpo, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Olimpo in the 24 hours to 10:10 am AST (14:10 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 36 km (22 mi) WSW, at 8:40 am AST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Olimpo

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 2 km (1 mi) north of Olimpo, PR, at 11:42 am AST on 14 July 2026 (15:42 UTC), 7.3 km deep.

USGS: 2 km N of Olimpo, Puerto Rico

43 km (27 mi) S of San Juan, PR · 25 km (15 mi) SSW of Caguas, PR

11:42 am AST, Jul 14, 2026 · · 7.3 km deep · released about 32 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Guayama Municipio 6 kmArroyo Municipio 9 kmCayey Municipio 10 kmPatillas Municipio 13 kmSalinas Municipio 17 kmCidra Municipio 18 kmSan Lorenzo Municipio 20 kmAibonito Municipio 20 kmCaguas Municipio 22 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
11:42 am AST on 14 July 2026 ()
Where
2 km (1 mi) north of Olimpo, PR · earthquakes near Olimpo
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
7.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guayama Municipio, 6 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 120 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 14 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Olimpo, 2 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.

Likely felt in: Guayama 4 km, intensity II · Cayey 12 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 32 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 470,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 330,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 30× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 32 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 7,400 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 27 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 18.0218, -66.1117. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guayama Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) SSW earthquakes near Guayama Municipio
Arroyo Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) SE earthquakes near Arroyo Municipio
Cayey Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NNW earthquakes near Cayey Municipio
Patillas Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) E earthquakes near Patillas Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) WSW earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Cidra Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NNW earthquakes near Cidra Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 11 km S of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.0 15 km S of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 13 km S of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 14 km S of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.5 10 km S of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 15 km S of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.7 9 km SSW of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 8 km S of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.3 10 km S of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 27 km SE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.9 2 km NNW of Aibonito, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.0 26 km SE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.1 7 km NNW of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 4 km NW of Orocovis, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.4 2 km NW of Corozal, 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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