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M 1.7md

Earthquake near Guayabal, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Guayabal in the 24 hours to 12:59 pm AST (16:59 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 28 km (17 mi) SSE, at 7:09 pm AST on 5 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Guayabal

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded in Guayabal, PR, at 12:24 pm AST on 29 May 2018 (16:24 UTC), 7.0 km deep.

USGS: 1 km ESE of Guayabal, Puerto Rico

17 km (10 mi) ENE of Ponce, PR

12:24 pm AST, May 29, 2018 · · 7.0 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Villalba Municipio 6 kmJuana Díaz Municipio 9 kmCoamo Municipio 14 kmPonce Municipio 15 kmOrocovis Municipio 17 kmSanta Isabel Municipio 17 kmJayuya Municipio 18 kmBarranquitas Municipio 23 kmAibonito Municipio 24 km
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When
12:24 pm AST on 29 May 2018 ()
Where
in Guayabal, PR · earthquakes near Guayabal
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Villalba Municipio, 6 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3088 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 11 km (7 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.

Likely felt in: Río Cañas Abajo 5 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 42 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 50 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 18.0751, -66.4870. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Villalba Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) NNE earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 9 km (5 mi) S earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) ENE earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) WSW earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Orocovis Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) NNE earthquakes near Orocovis Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 17 km (11 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

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

  1. 1.9 1 km NE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.4 18 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.7 1 km S of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.6 18 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 23 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.7 16 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.8 19 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.5 18 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 4 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.5 0 km NNW of Buena Vista, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.4 14 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.9 5 km ENE of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.6 1 km SW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.9 0 km SE of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.9 1 km NE of Adjuntas, 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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