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M 2.6md

Earthquake near San Juan, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in San Juan in the 24 hours to 3:33 pm AST (19:33 UTC). The last one was M 4.1, 99 km (62 mi) SE, at 5:44 am AST on 28 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 5 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near San Juan

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 36 km (22 mi) west-northwest of San Juan, PR, at 9:24 am AST on 2 March 2019 (13:24 UTC), 67 km deep.

USGS: Puerto Rico region

44 km (27 mi) NW of San Juan, PR · 38 km (24 mi) NW of Bayamón, PR

9:24 am AST, Mar 2, 2019 · · 67 km deep · released about 220 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
9:24 am AST on 2 March 2019 ()
Where
36 km (22 mi) west-northwest of San Juan, PR · earthquakes near San Juan
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
67 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Vega Baja Municipio, 21 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2738 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In San Juan, 36 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: Brenas, Sabana, Vega Baja, Ceiba, Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Monserrate.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 220 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 68,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 48,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 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 in our catalogue was M 4.8 on 2017-08-18 — about 2,100 times the energy of this one.

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 18.6448, -66.3923. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Vega Baja Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) S earthquakes near Vega Baja Municipio
Dorado Municipio, PR 23 km (15 mi) SE earthquakes near Dorado Municipio
Vega Alta Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) SSE earthquakes near Vega Alta Municipio
Manatí Municipio, PR 25 km (15 mi) SSW earthquakes near Manatí Municipio
Barceloneta Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) SW earthquakes near Barceloneta Municipio
Toa Baja Municipio, PR 30 km (18 mi) SE earthquakes near Toa Baja Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 1 km ESE of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 Puerto Rico region
  3. 2.2 11 km NNE of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.9 27 km NE of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.7 57 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.8 8 km NNW of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.5 1 km NNW of Animas, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.9 2 km N of Animas, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.5 57 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.9 37 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.4 9 km N of Villalba, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 19 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.8 19 km NNW of Loíza, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 12 km NNW of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 Puerto Rico region

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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