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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

50 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico

Yes. A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 50 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico, 84 km (52 mi) SW of Ponce, PR, at 3:17 am AST on 1 April 2019 (07:17 UTC), 16 km deep.

84 km (52 mi) SW of Ponce, PR

· 16 km deep · released about 31 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cabo Rojo Municipio 53 kmLajas Municipio 55 kmGuánica Municipio 58 kmSan Germán Municipio 68 kmHormigueros Municipio 69 kmSabana Grande Municipio 69 kmGuayanilla Municipio 71 kmYauco Municipio 74 kmPeñuelas Municipio 77 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
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Cabo Rojo Municipio, 53 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2781 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 2 km (1 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 31 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 5.8 480,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 31× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 31 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 since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 17.5225, -67.2328. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 53 km (33 mi) N earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 55 km (34 mi) NNE earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 58 km (36 mi) NE earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 68 km (42 mi) NNE earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 69 km (43 mi) N earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 69 km (43 mi) NNE earthquakes near Sabana Grande 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. 2.0 9 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 24 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 9 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 10 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 43 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 41 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.6 11 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 12 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 16 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 10 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.0 11 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.9 8 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 15 km SW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 5 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.8 6 km SSW of La Parguera, 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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