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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Suárez, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Suárez in the 24 hours to 1:29 am AST (05:29 UTC). The last one was M 4.1, 76 km (47 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 Suárez

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded in Suárez, PR, at 1:07 am AST on 30 March 2019 (05:07 UTC), 16 km deep.

USGS: 1 km NE of Suárez, Puerto Rico

24 km (15 mi) E of San Juan, PR · 15 km (9 mi) ENE of Carolina, PR

1:07 am AST, Mar 30, 2019 · · 16 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Río Grande Municipio 8 kmLoíza Municipio 11 kmCanóvanas Municipio 13 kmCarolina Municipio 14 kmLuquillo Municipio 16 kmTrujillo Alto Municipio 21 kmGurabo Municipio 24 kmSan Juan Municipio 24 kmJuncos Municipio 25 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
1:07 am AST on 30 March 2019 ()
Where
in Suárez, PR · earthquakes near Suárez
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Río Grande Municipio, 8 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2784 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 16 km (10 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: Loíza 4 km, intensity II · Río Grande 7 km, intensity II · Carolina 14 km, intensity II · Luquillo 15 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 37 km WSW 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 18.4405, -65.8406. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Río Grande Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SSE earthquakes near Río Grande Municipio
Loíza Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) W earthquakes near Loíza Municipio
Canóvanas Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SSW earthquakes near Canóvanas Municipio
Carolina Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) WSW earthquakes near Carolina Municipio
Luquillo Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) ESE earthquakes near Luquillo Municipio
Trujillo Alto Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) SW earthquakes near Trujillo Alto Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 10 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.9 37 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.8 43 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.7 3 km E of Ceiba, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 9 km NNW of Levittown, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.5 36 km NNE of Suárez, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.9 20 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 2 km ENE of Celada, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.2 44 km NE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.8 11 km NNW of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 37 km NNW of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.7 5 km E of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 6 km NW of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.4 0 km E of Río Lajas, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.8 12 km N of San Juan, 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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