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M 2.4md

Earthquake near La Parguera, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in La Parguera in the last 24 hours. M 2.4, 13 km (8 mi) ESE of La Parguera, at 3:43 pm AST on 11 November 2026 (19:43 UTC); the estimated shaking in La Parguera was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near La Parguera

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) southeast of La Parguera, PR, at 4:13 am AST on 12 September 2026 (08:13 UTC), 35 km deep.

USGS: 9 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico

39 km (24 mi) WSW of Ponce, PR · 35 km (22 mi) SSE of Mayagüez, PR

4:13 am AST, Sep 12, 2026 · · 35 km deep · released about 100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Guánica Municipio 7 kmLajas Municipio 9 kmSabana Grande Municipio 18 kmGuayanilla Municipio 21 kmSan Germán Municipio 21 kmYauco Municipio 22 kmCabo Rojo Municipio 23 kmHormigueros Municipio 28 kmMaricao Municipio 28 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
4:13 am AST on 12 September 2026 ()
Where
9 km (6 mi) southeast of La Parguera, PR · earthquakes near La Parguera
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
35 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guánica Municipio, 7 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 61 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 La Parguera, 9 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: Guánica, Fuig, Maria Antonia, Liborio Negron Torres, Lluveras, Palomas.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 1,200,000 times the energy of this one.

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

  1. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 50 km NW 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 17.9223, -66.9798. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guánica Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) ENE earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) NW earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) N earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) ENE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) NNW earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) NE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 4 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.6 3 km S of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.8 3 km WNW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.8 2 km SSE of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 3 km NW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 5 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.9 5 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 5 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 3 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.8 4 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 2 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 6 km SW of Cayuco, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.7 22 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.3 3 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 3 km NW of Fuig, 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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