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M 2.3md

Earthquake near Aguadilla, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Aguadilla in the 24 hours to 8:30 am AST (12:30 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 4 km (3 mi) SE, at 12:03 am AST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Aguadilla

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded in Aguadilla, PR, at 3:26 am AST on 5 February 2019 (07:26 UTC), 8.0 km deep.

USGS: 1 km W of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

26 km (16 mi) N of Mayagüez, PR · 117 km (73 mi) W of San Juan, PR

3:26 am AST, Feb 5, 2019 · · 8.0 km deep · released about 77 lb of TNT

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When
3:26 am AST on 5 February 2019 ()
Where
in Aguadilla, PR · earthquakes near Aguadilla
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
8.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Aguada Municipio, 6 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2836 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 18 km (11 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: Aguadilla in town, intensity II · Aguada 6 km, intensity II · Rafael Hernandez 11 km, intensity II · Rincón 13 km, intensity II · Isabela 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 77 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 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× 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 77 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 4.3 on 2017-10-14 — about 1,100 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 11 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 30 km N of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 30 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 5 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 15 km NNW of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 23 km N 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 18.4300, -67.1725. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Aguada Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) SSW earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) NNE earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) ESE earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SW earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) SSE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) ENE 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. 2.9 4 km S of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.9 22 km W of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 3 km WNW of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.8 13 km E of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 25 km W of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.4 22 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.7 10 km WNW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.7 27 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.8 24 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.0 36 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.7 49 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.7 31 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 2 km ESE of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.2 3 km ESE of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.7 2 km ESE 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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