Earthquake near Central Aguirre, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Central Aguirre in the 24 hours to 10:17 am AST (14:17 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 23 km (14 mi) WSW, at 7:09 pm AST on 5 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Central Aguirre

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) south-southwest of Central Aguirre, PR, at 1:22 am AST on 15 January 2017 (05:22 UTC), 16 km deep.

USGS: 8 km SSW of Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico

61 km (38 mi) SSW of San Juan, PR · 41 km (25 mi) ESE of Ponce, PR

1:22 am AST, Jan 15, 2017 · 2017-01-15 05:22 UTC · 16 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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When: 1:22 am AST on 15 January 2017 (2017-01-15 05:22 UTC)
Where: 8 km (5 mi) south-southwest of Central Aguirre, PR · earthquakes near Central Aguirre
Magnitude: M 2.2 (Md)
Depth: 16 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Salinas Municipio, 10 km N
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 3587 days ago · we first saw it 3587 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Central Aguirre, 8 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: Coquí, Salinas, Jobos, Las Ochenta, Coco, Jauca.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 4.6 on 2016-12-05 — about 4,000 times the energy of this one.

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

5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 44 km NNE of this epicentre Dec 24, 2010

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

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Salinas Municipio, PR	10 km (6 mi)	N	earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR	16 km (10 mi)	WNW	earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Guayama Municipio, PR	16 km (10 mi)	NE	earthquakes near Guayama Municipio
Arroyo Municipio, PR	25 km (15 mi)	ENE	earthquakes near Arroyo Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR	26 km (16 mi)	NNW	earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Cayey Municipio, PR	27 km (17 mi)	NNE	earthquakes near Cayey Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.3 8 km ESE of Jayuya, Puerto Rico 15:53 UTC
1.9 Puerto Rico region 01:39 UTC
1.8 2 km WSW of Villalba, Puerto Rico 14:51 UTC
2.5 10 km S of Emajagua, Puerto Rico 12:29 UTC
2.4 9 km S of Emajagua, Puerto Rico 21:19 UTC
2.1 11 km S of Emajagua, Puerto Rico 08:39 UTC
2.3 4 km WNW of Villalba, Puerto Rico 16:44 UTC
1.8 3 km S of Cayey, Puerto Rico 09:35 UTC
2.5 3 km SE of Salinas, Puerto Rico 06:09 UTC
2.7 1 km S of Las Ochenta, Puerto Rico 23:48 UTC
2.0 3 km NW of Villalba, Puerto Rico 19:17 UTC
2.8 55 km S of Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico 15:35 UTC
1.9 7 km WSW of Orocovis, Puerto Rico 11:20 UTC
2.2 23 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico 02:29 UTC
1.9 13 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico 02:07 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 14:17 UTC. 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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