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M 2.1Md

Earthquake near Adjuntas, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Adjuntas in the 24 hours to 5:25 pm AST (21:25 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 31 km (19 mi) SSW, at 3:45 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Adjuntas

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) southwest of Adjuntas, PR, at 12:48 am AST on 9 November 2016 (04:48 UTC), 21 km deep.

USGS: 6 km SW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

21 km (13 mi) NW of Ponce, PR

12:48 am AST, Nov 9, 2016 · · 21 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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When
12:48 am AST on 9 November 2016 ()
Where
7 km (4 mi) southwest of Adjuntas, PR · earthquakes near Adjuntas
Magnitude
M 2.1 (Md)
Depth
21 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Adjuntas Municipio, 7 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3655 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 Adjuntas, 7 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: Santo Domingo, Peñuelas, Tallaboa Alta, Guayanilla, Magas Arriba, Yauco.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

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

  1. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 44 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 18.1231, -66.7723. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) NNE earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) WSW earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) SSE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SSW earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Utuado Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NNE earthquakes near Utuado Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) WNW earthquakes near Maricao Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 7 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 1 km SE of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 7 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.7 18 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.9 8 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.4 7 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.6 5 km WNW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.6 5 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 2 km NE of Guayabal, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.4 8 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 20 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.9 5 km NNE of Orocovis, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 13 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.4 1 km W of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.7 1 km WNW of Monte Grande, 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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