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M 2.1md

Earthquake near Coto Laurel, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Coto Laurel in the 24 hours to 11:31 am AST (15:31 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 35 km (22 mi) WSW, at 3:45 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Coto Laurel

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) north-northwest of Coto Laurel, PR, at 8:52 pm AST on 22 July 2026 (00:52 UTC), 19 km deep.

USGS: 5 km NNW of Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico

13 km (8 mi) NNE of Ponce, PR

8:52 pm AST, Jul 22, 2026 · · 19 km deep · released about 37 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Villalba Municipio 10 kmPonce Municipio 12 kmJayuya Municipio 13 kmJuana Díaz Municipio 14 kmOrocovis Municipio 19 kmPeñuelas Municipio 19 kmCoamo Municipio 22 kmCiales Municipio 22 kmAdjuntas Municipio 22 km
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When
8:52 pm AST on 22 July 2026 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) north-northwest of Coto Laurel, PR · earthquakes near Coto Laurel
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Villalba Municipio, 10 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 112 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Coto Laurel, 6 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Luis Llorens Torres, Guayabal, Juana Díaz, Villalba, Aguilita, Capitanejo.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 37 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 410,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 290,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 26× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 37 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 3,200,000 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 · 49 km ENE 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 18.0992, -66.5638. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Villalba Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) ENE earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) SSW earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Jayuya Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) N earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 14 km (8 mi) SE earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Orocovis Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) NE earthquakes near Orocovis Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) WSW earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 4 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.4 4 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.8 2 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 4 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 7 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 5 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.8 3 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.8 5 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 5 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.6 4 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.8 4 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.9 4 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.5 4 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.7 3 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.3 4 km SSW of Indios, 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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