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M 2.3md

Earthquake near Rincón, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Rincón in the 24 hours to 12:58 pm AST (16:58 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 53 km (33 mi) NNE, at 9:00 pm AST on 27 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Rincón

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) north-northwest of Rincón, PR, at 3:39 pm AST on 7 June 2018 (19:39 UTC), 23 km deep.

USGS: 5 km NNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico

25 km (16 mi) NNW of Mayagüez, PR · 127 km (79 mi) W of San Juan, PR

3:39 pm AST, Jun 7, 2018 · · 23 km deep · released about 79 lb of TNT

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When
3:39 pm AST on 7 June 2018 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) north-northwest of Rincón, PR · earthquakes near Rincón
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
23 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Rincón Municipio, 6 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3079 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Rincón, 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Stella, Aguada, Luyando, Aguadilla, La Playa, Caban.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 79 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 190,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 79 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 4.4 on 2017-10-01 — about 1,500 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. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 35 km NNE of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 28 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 8 km NE of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 18 km NNE of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 29 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 18.3908, -67.2683. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Rincón Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) SSE earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) E earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NE earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) SE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) E earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 29 km (18 mi) ENE earthquakes near Isabela Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 43 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.8 12 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.7 32 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 16 km N of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 4 km SW of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.7 4 km ENE of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.6 7 km WNW of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 2 km E of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 6 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.6 Mona Passage
  11. 2.3 4 km W of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.0 53 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.6 2 km S of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 12 km NNW of Camuy, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.8 4 km SSE of Cabo Rojo, 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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