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M 2.4Md
Earthquake near Adjuntas, PR
No earthquake was likely felt in Adjuntas in the 24 hours to 12:48 pm AST (16:48 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 2.4 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) south of Adjuntas, PR, at 12:41 am AST on 2 April 2017 (04:41 UTC), 17 km deep.
USGS: 5 km S of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
16 km (10 mi) NW of Ponce, PR
- When
- 12:41 am AST on 2 April 2017 ()
- Where
- 6 km (4 mi) south of Adjuntas, PR · earthquakes near Adjuntas
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (Md)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Adjuntas Municipio, 9 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3510 days ago
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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 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Adjuntas, 6 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.
Likely felt in: Adjuntas 6 km, intensity II · Tallaboa Alta 7 km, intensity II · Magas Arriba 11 km, intensity II · Guayanilla 12 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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:
- 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 49 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 18.1103, -66.7255. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjuntas Municipio, PR | 9 km (5 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio |
| Peñuelas Municipio, PR | 9 km (6 mi) | S | earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio |
| Guayanilla Municipio, PR | 14 km (9 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio |
| Yauco Municipio, PR | 14 km (9 mi) | W | earthquakes near Yauco Municipio |
| Ponce Municipio, PR | 17 km (11 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Ponce Municipio |
| Utuado Municipio, PR | 18 km (11 mi) | N | earthquakes near Utuado Municipio |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
45 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 1 km SE of Moca, Puerto Rico
- 2.1 13 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
- 2.0 1 km WSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
- 2.1 1 km E of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
- 2.3 8 km ESE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
- 1.5 1 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
- 1.9 13 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
- 2.3 12 km S of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
- 1.7 4 km NW of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
- 1.7 6 km W of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
- 1.8 3 km NNW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
- 2.0 2 km NNE of Sabana Eneas, Puerto Rico
- 2.3 11 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
- 2.1 3 km N of Monte Grande, Puerto Rico
- 2.4 1 km W of Palmarejo, 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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