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M 2.0md

Earthquake near Isabela, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Isabela in the 24 hours to 4:43 pm AST (20:43 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 31 km (19 mi) N, at 9:00 pm AST on 27 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Isabela

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) south-southeast of Isabela, PR, at 3:47 am AST on 27 February 2019 (07:47 UTC), 20 km deep.

USGS: 5 km SW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico

98 km (61 mi) W of San Juan, PR · 27 km (17 mi) W of Arecibo, PR

3:47 am AST, Feb 27, 2019 · · 20 km deep · released about 36 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Isabela Municipio 7 kmQuebradillas Municipio 8 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 10 kmMoca Municipio 10 kmCamuy Municipio 14 kmAguadilla Municipio 17 kmLares Municipio 20 kmHatillo Municipio 21 kmAñasco Municipio 21 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
3:47 am AST on 27 February 2019 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) south-southeast of Isabela, PR · earthquakes near Isabela
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Isabela Municipio, 7 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2814 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 Isabela, 10 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: Cacao, Mora, Quebradillas, Aceitunas, San Sebastián, Rafael Hernandez.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 36 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 420,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 27× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 36 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 2,400 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 · 37 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 47 km WNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 24 km W of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 29 km WNW of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 31 km NW 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 18.4201, -66.9913. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Isabela Municipio, PR 7 km (5 mi) NNW earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) NE earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
San Sebastián Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) SSE earthquakes near San Sebastián Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) WSW earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Camuy Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) ENE earthquakes near Camuy Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) WNW earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 Puerto Rico region
  2. 2.4 3 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 28 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.7 9 km SSW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.9 0 km SSW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 1 km S of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 1 km S of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.6 1 km NNW of Monte Grande, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.5 11 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 5 km N of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 1 km SE of Espino, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.8 30 km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.1 9 km ESE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 5 km NNE of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.5 0 km NNE of Monte Grande, 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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