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M 2.2md

Earthquake near Jauca, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Jauca in the 24 hours to 4:23 pm AST (20:23 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 7 km (4 mi) NNE, at 5:05 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Jauca

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) south-southeast of Jauca, PR, at 12:46 am AST on 19 December 2017 (04:46 UTC), 4.0 km deep.

USGS: 6 km SSE of Jauca, Puerto Rico

62 km (39 mi) SSW of San Juan, PR · 30 km (19 mi) ESE of Ponce, PR

12:46 am AST, Dec 19, 2017 · · 4.0 km deep · released about 69 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Santa Isabel Municipio 6 kmSalinas Municipio 11 kmJuana Díaz Municipio 17 kmCoamo Municipio 21 kmGuayama Municipio 24 kmAibonito Municipio 26 kmVillalba Municipio 27 kmPonce Municipio 28 kmCayey Municipio 30 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
12:46 am AST on 19 December 2017 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) south-southeast of Jauca, PR · earthquakes near Jauca
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
4.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Santa Isabel Municipio, 6 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3250 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 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Jauca, 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: Santa Isabel 8 km, intensity II · Río Cañas Abajo 18 km, intensity II · Coamo 18 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 69 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 5.8 220,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 14× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 69 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 · 45 km NNE 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 17.9158, -66.3530. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 6 km (3 mi) NW earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) ENE earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) WNW earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) N earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Guayama Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) ENE earthquakes near Guayama Municipio
Aibonito Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) NNE earthquakes near Aibonito Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 12 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.5 3 km SSW of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 5 km N of Yaurel, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 5 km NNW of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.6 Puerto Rico region
  6. 3.0 4 km SE of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.9 12 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 7 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 11 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.7 10 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 23 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 9 km NNE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 9 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.5 10 km S of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.6 8 km S of Tallaboa, 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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