Earthquake · 17 Oct 2026
M2.7 earthquake — 7 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Event
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- M2.7 (Minor)
- Severity
- Low
- Time
- (17 days ago)
- Location
- 7 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Country
- Puerto Rico
- Coordinates
- 17.951°, -66.599°
- 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)
- M3.8 earthquake — 92 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands — 275 km away, 31 Oct 2026, 13:17 UTC
- M3.2 earthquake — 60 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic — 162 km away, 31 Oct 2026, 08:45 UTC
- M3.4 earthquake — 120 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands — 259 km away, 30 Oct 2026, 19:13 UTC
- M3.2 earthquake — 36 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands — 187 km away, 30 Oct 2026, 06:53 UTC
- M3.0 earthquake — 45 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico — 125 km away, 30 Oct 2026, 03:33 UTC
- M2.9 earthquake — 22 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico — 134 km away, 29 Oct 2026, 16:08 UTC
- M2.7 earthquake — 23 km NNW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands — 184 km away, 29 Oct 2026, 10:19 UTC
- M2.5 earthquake — 10 km ESE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico — 130 km away, 28 Oct 2026, 15:19 UTC
- M3.3 earthquake — 56 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands — 216 km away, 28 Oct 2026, 13:34 UTC
- M3.9 earthquake — 26 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic — 212 km away, 28 Oct 2026, 09:51 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, 05:07 UTC.
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