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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Carrizales, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Carrizales in the 24 hours to 10:08 am AST (14:08 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 43 km (27 mi) NW, at 9:00 pm AST on 27 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Carrizales

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 18 km (11 mi) north of Carrizales, PR, at 10:26 pm AST on 24 March 2018 (02:26 UTC), 16 km deep.

USGS: 17 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico

78 km (49 mi) WNW of San Juan, PR · 21 km (13 mi) N of Arecibo, PR

10:26 pm AST, Mar 24, 2018 · · 16 km deep · released about 140 lb of TNT

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When
10:26 pm AST on 24 March 2018 ()
Where
18 km (11 mi) north of Carrizales, PR · earthquakes near Carrizales
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hatillo Municipio, 23 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3153 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 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Carrizales, 18 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: Hatillo, Arecibo, Camuy, Corcovado, Rafael Gonzalez, Bajadero.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 140 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 75,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 140 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 4.0 on 2017-03-24 — about 210 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.7 45 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 48 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 45 km W of this epicentre
  3. 6.4 61 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico · 45 km N of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 44 km W of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 12 km N of Garrochales, Puerto Rico · 23 km ESE 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 18.6411, -66.7640. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Hatillo Municipio, PR 23 km (14 mi) S earthquakes near Hatillo Municipio
Camuy Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) SSW earthquakes near Camuy Municipio
Arecibo Municipio, PR 25 km (15 mi) SSE earthquakes near Arecibo Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) SW earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Barceloneta Municipio, PR 29 km (18 mi) SE earthquakes near Barceloneta Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 32 km (20 mi) WSW earthquakes near Isabela 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. 2.7 15 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.8 27 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.8 5 km ESE of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.5 8 km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.6 11 km NE of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.5 17 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.0 45 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.9 5 km ESE of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.4 2 km ESE of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.8 4 km E of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.0 4 km E of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.9 6 km NE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 3 km ENE of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 4 km ESE of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.1 3 km E of Las Marías, 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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