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M 2.2md

Earthquake near Luyando, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Luyando in the 24 hours to 4:36 pm AST (20:36 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 5 km (3 mi) NE, at 12:03 am AST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Luyando

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded in Luyando, PR, at 1:32 pm AST on 12 May 2019 (17:32 UTC), 79 km deep.

USGS: 1 km E of Luyando, Puerto Rico

18 km (11 mi) N of Mayagüez, PR · 114 km (71 mi) W of San Juan, PR

1:32 pm AST, May 12, 2019 · · 79 km deep · released about 69 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Aguada Municipio 5 kmMoca Municipio 7 kmAñasco Municipio 9 kmRincón Municipio 12 kmAguadilla Municipio 13 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 18 kmIsabela Municipio 19 kmLas Marías Municipio 23 kmQuebradillas Municipio 25 km
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When
1:32 pm AST on 12 May 2019 ()
Where
in Luyando, PR · earthquakes near Luyando
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
79 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Aguada Municipio, 5 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2740 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: Moca, Aguada, Aguadilla, Las Marias, Caban, Añasco.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 69 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 220,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 14× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 69 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 1,200 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 38 km N of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 38 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 12 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 23 km NNW of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 31 km N 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 18.3638, -67.1398. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Aguada Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) WNW earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) ENE earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 9 km (5 mi) S earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) WSW earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) N earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
San Sebastián Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) ESE earthquakes near San Sebastián Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 5 km SW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.4 5 km NE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.8 7 km NE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.0 5 km NNE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 12 km WNW of Puerto Real, 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. 2.4 26 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.7 3 km N of Juncal, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 2 km WSW of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 28 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.6 6 km SE of Aceitunas, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.9 6 km W of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 Mona Passage
  15. 1.9 5 km W of Las Marías, 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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