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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Añasco, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Añasco in the 24 hours to 11:27 am AST (15:27 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 36 km (22 mi) SSE, at 5:47 pm AST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Añasco

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) south-southwest of Añasco, PR, at 8:01 am AST on 31 August 2026 (12:01 UTC), 16 km deep.

USGS: 4 km SSW of Añasco, Puerto Rico

6 km (3 mi) NNW of Mayagüez, PR · 118 km (73 mi) W of San Juan, PR

8:01 am AST, Aug 31, 2026 · · 16 km deep · released about 140 lb of TNT

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When
8:01 am AST on 31 August 2026 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) south-southwest of Añasco, PR · earthquakes near Añasco
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Añasco Municipio, 6 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 72 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 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Añasco, 5 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: Mayagüez 6 km, intensity II · Rincón 14 km, intensity II · Aguada 15 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 140 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 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 75,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 140 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 840,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 47 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 22 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 35 km NNW of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 44 km N of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 20 km NNE 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 18.2460, -67.1645. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Añasco Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) NE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SSE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) NW earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) N earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) NNE earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) E earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.1 8 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.0 1 km ENE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 2 km W of Indios, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 4 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 4 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.8 7 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.9 18 km W of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.9 5 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 11 km W of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.0 10 km WSW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 2 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 3 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.2 2 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 4 km NNE 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.

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