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M 1.9md

Earthquake near Guayanilla, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Guayanilla in the last 24 hours. M 2.4, 17 km (10 mi) WSW of Guayanilla, at 3:43 pm AST on 11 November 2026 (19:43 UTC); the estimated shaking in Guayanilla was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Guayanilla

This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) west-northwest of Guayanilla, PR, at 3:54 pm AST on 19 July 2018 (19:54 UTC), 14 km deep.

USGS: 2 km WNW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico

21 km (13 mi) W of Ponce, PR

3:54 pm AST, Jul 19, 2018 · · 14 km deep · released about 19 lb of TNT

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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
3:54 pm AST on 19 July 2018 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) west-northwest of Guayanilla, PR · earthquakes near Guayanilla
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guayanilla Municipio, 3 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3037 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 4 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Guayanilla, 3 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: Guayanilla 3 km, intensity II · Yauco 4 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 19 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 49 km NNW 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 18.0285, -66.8165. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 3 km (2 mi) SE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) NW earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) E earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) SW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) WNW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NNE earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 4 km NNW of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.8 3 km SSE of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.8 6 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.5 3 km NNW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 7 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.7 7 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.6 4 km SSW of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.8 8 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.8 6 km WSW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.8 20 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.6 2 km E of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 1 km W of Guayabal, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.8 0 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.9 4 km WSW of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 1 km SW of Espino, 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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