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M 1.9md

Earthquake near Coamo, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Coamo in the 24 hours to 4:24 pm AST (20:24 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 6 km (4 mi) S, at 5:05 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Coamo

This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) northeast of Coamo, PR, at 6:15 am AST on 15 February 2019 (10:15 UTC), 20 km deep.

USGS: 4 km N of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico

43 km (27 mi) SW of San Juan, PR · 33 km (21 mi) WSW of Caguas, PR

6:15 am AST, Feb 15, 2019 · · 20 km deep · released about 19 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Coamo Municipio 4 kmAibonito Municipio 7 kmBarranquitas Municipio 11 kmVillalba Municipio 16 kmSalinas Municipio 16 kmComerío Municipio 17 kmOrocovis Municipio 17 kmCayey Municipio 18 kmSanta Isabel Municipio 18 km
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
6:15 am AST on 15 February 2019 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) northeast of Coamo, PR · earthquakes near Coamo
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Coamo Municipio, 4 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2826 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 Coamo, 5 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: Pastos, Aibonito, Barranquitas, Mariano Colón, Vázquez, Los Llanos.

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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 26 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 44 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 18.1058, -66.3238. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Coamo Municipio, PR 4 km (2 mi) W earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Aibonito Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) ENE earthquakes near Aibonito Municipio
Barranquitas Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) N earthquakes near Barranquitas Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) W earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) SSE earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Comerío Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) NE earthquakes near Comerío 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. 2.1 0 km NNW of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 0 km NNE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.7 0 km NE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.6 2 km NNE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 1 km SSW of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.0 Puerto Rico region
  7. 2.3 1 km SW of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.8 0 km NE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.6 0 km ENE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 2 km N of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.6 1 km ENE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 5 km N of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.8 1 km SSW of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.9 1 km E of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  15. 4.6 3 km SSW of Jobos, 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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