Earthquake · 7 Oct 2026
M2.7 earthquake — 3 km SSW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
- Event
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- M2.7 (Minor)
- Severity
- Low
- Time
- (27 days ago)
- Location
- 3 km SSW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
- Country
- Puerto Rico
- Coordinates
- 18.255°, -67.201°
- Source
- USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
What this means
This was a minor earthquake of magnitude 2.7. Often felt by people near the epicenter but rarely causes damage.
Magnitude measures the energy released at the source. How strongly the ground shook at any particular place depends on distance from the epicenter, the depth of the quake, local geology and building construction, so the same magnitude can be harmless in one place and damaging in another. First magnitudes are preliminary and are often revised by a few tenths as more stations report.
Other events within 300 km (±14 days)
- M2.6 earthquake — 24 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico — 69 km away, 20 Oct 2026, 23:54 UTC
- M2.9 earthquake — 45 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands — 281 km away, 20 Oct 2026, 03:05 UTC
- M2.9 earthquake — 25 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico — 25 km away, 19 Oct 2026, 04:57 UTC
- M2.7 earthquake — 61 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic — 221 km away, 18 Oct 2026, 21:15 UTC
- M2.6 earthquake — 56 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic — 138 km away, 18 Oct 2026, 18:28 UTC
- M3.4 earthquake — 67 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic — 150 km away, 18 Oct 2026, 18:28 UTC
- M2.7 earthquake — 7 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico — 72 km away, 17 Oct 2026, 16:38 UTC
- M3.1 earthquake — 74 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands — 245 km away, 17 Oct 2026, 04:11 UTC
- M3.2 earthquake — 72 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands — 234 km away, 16 Oct 2026, 14:35 UTC
- M3.4 earthquake — 65 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic — 112 km away, 15 Oct 2026, 21:12 UTC
Smaller earthquakes close in time and space to a larger one are often aftershocks or foreshocks, though GlobalRisk does not classify them.
More from Puerto Rico
GlobalRisk has recorded 50 events in or near Puerto Rico in the data we hold. See the full Puerto Rico risk monitor.
Source and attribution
Source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. View the original report ↗
GlobalRisk republishes only basic facts (type, time, location, magnitude or alert level) and links to the original report. Details may be revised by the source after this page was generated on 3 Nov 2026, 05:08 UTC.
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