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M 2.1md

Earthquake near Aguilita, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Aguilita in the 24 hours to 2:41 pm AST (18:41 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 35 km (22 mi) WSW, at 3:45 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Aguilita

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded in Aguilita, PR, at 6:54 am AST on 10 May 2019 (10:54 UTC), 22 km deep.

USGS: 1 km N of Aguilita, Puerto Rico

10 km (6 mi) ENE of Ponce, PR

6:54 am AST, May 10, 2019 · · 22 km deep · released about 40 lb of TNT

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When
6:54 am AST on 10 May 2019 ()
Where
in Aguilita, PR · earthquakes near Aguilita
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Juana Díaz Municipio, 6 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2742 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. 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: Coto Laurel, Luis Llorens Torres, Capitanejo, Juana Díaz, Guayabal, Potala Pastillo.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 40 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 380,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 270,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 24× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 40 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 4.6 on 2019-03-12 — about 6,000 times the energy of this one.

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 · 49 km ENE 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 18.0365, -66.5355. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) SE earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) WSW earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) NNE earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) ESE earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Jayuya Municipio, PR 20 km (13 mi) NNW earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR 20 km (13 mi) ENE earthquakes near Coamo 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 5 km SW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.9 6 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 5 km NE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.8 7 km NE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 5 km NNE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.2 5 km NE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.8 3 km NE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 15 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 18 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.6 2 km NNW of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 9 km ESE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.5 15 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.9 14 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.8 2 km ESE of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.6 3 km WSW of Ciales, 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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