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M 2.7md

Earthquake near Guaynabo, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Guaynabo in the 24 hours to 10:45 am AST (14:45 UTC). The last one was M 4.1, 93 km (58 mi) ESE, at 5:44 am AST on 28 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 5 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Guaynabo

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded in Guaynabo, PR, at 7:45 am AST on 17 May 2019 (11:45 UTC), 99 km deep.

USGS: 1 km E of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

6 km (4 mi) SSW of San Juan, PR

7:45 am AST, May 17, 2019 · · 99 km deep · released about 310 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
7:45 am AST on 17 May 2019 ()
Where
in Guaynabo, PR · earthquakes near Guaynabo
Magnitude
M 2.7 (md)
Depth
99 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guaynabo Municipio, 3 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2735 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. 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: Eleanor Roosevelt, Bayamón, Trujillo Alto, Cataño, Aguas Buenas, San Juan.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 310 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 50,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 35,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 310 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 790 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 12 km SSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 30 km WNW 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 18.3585, -66.0948. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guaynabo Municipio, PR 3 km (2 mi) SW earthquakes near Guaynabo Municipio
San Juan Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) NNE earthquakes near San Juan Municipio
Bayamón Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) W earthquakes near Bayamón Municipio
Trujillo Alto Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) ESE earthquakes near Trujillo Alto Municipio
Cataño Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) NNW earthquakes near Cataño Municipio
Aguas Buenas Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) SSW earthquakes near Aguas Buenas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 5 km NNE of Río Cañas Abajo, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.6 10 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.7 0 km ENE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 37 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.5 1 km WSW of Vázquez, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.5 1 km ENE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.5 5 km SSW of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 9 km NNW of Levittown, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 20 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 19 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.5 1 km NNE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.8 7 km NNW of Villalba, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.1 2 km ENE of Celada, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.8 11 km NNW of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.3 25 km N of Brenas, 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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