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M 2.2Md

Earthquake near Luis Llorens Torres, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Luis Llorens Torres in the 24 hours to 10:49 am AST (14:49 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 4 km (2 mi) SSW, at 10:09 am AST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Luis Llorens Torres

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded in Luis Llorens Torres, PR, at 8:38 am AST on 7 March 2017 (12:38 UTC), 18 km deep.

USGS: 0 km W of Luis Llorens Torres, Puerto Rico

12 km (7 mi) ENE of Ponce, PR

8:38 am AST, Mar 7, 2017 · · 18 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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When
8:38 am AST on 7 March 2017 ()
Where
in Luis Llorens Torres, PR · earthquakes near Luis Llorens Torres
Magnitude
M 2.2 (Md)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Juana Díaz Municipio, 8 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3452 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 4 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Juana Díaz, Coto Laurel, Aguilita, Guayabal, Capitanejo, Río Cañas Abajo.

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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. 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

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. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 47 km ENE 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 18.0566, -66.5292. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SSE earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NE earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) SW earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Jayuya Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NNW earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) ENE earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) SE earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 4 km SE of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.5 1 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.9 13 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 12 km S of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.8 16 km SSE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.8 3 km NNW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 11 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 2 km WSW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 9 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.1 1 km SE of Ceiba, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 1 km NW of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 3 km S of Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.9 0 km NNE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 5 km SW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.9 6 km SW of Guaynabo, 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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