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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Guánica, PR

USGS: 2 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico

30 km (19 mi) W of Ponce, PR

10:41 pm AST, Sep 30, 2026 · · 12 km deep · released about 160 lb of TNT

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When
10:41 pm AST on 30 September 2026 ()
Where
2 km (2 mi) S of Guánica, PR · earthquakes near Guánica
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guánica Municipio, 2 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2 days ago

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 2 km (2 mi) S of Guánica, PR, at 10:41 pm AST on 30 September 2026 (02:41 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Maria Antonia, Fuig, Palomas, Lluveras, Indios, Liborio Negron Torres.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 160 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 92,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 65,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 160 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 730,000 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 17.9500, -66.9055. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guánica Municipio, PR 2 km (1 mi) W earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) ENE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) WNW earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NNW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NNE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) ENE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 0 km SSW of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.3 5 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 24 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 5 km WSW 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.

On USGS

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