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M 2.2md

Earthquake near Jayuya, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Jayuya in the 24 hours to 10:47 am AST (14:47 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 43 km (27 mi) SSE, at 8:40 am AST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Jayuya

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 7 km (5 mi) north of Jayuya, PR, at 8:12 am AST on 15 July 2019 (12:12 UTC), 126 km deep.

USGS: 7 km N of Jayuya, Puerto Rico

58 km (36 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR · 24 km (15 mi) SE of Arecibo, PR

8:12 am AST, Jul 15, 2019 · · 126 km deep · released about 58 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Jayuya Municipio 8 kmCiales Municipio 9 kmFlorida Municipio 10 kmUtuado Municipio 11 kmArecibo Municipio 18 kmOrocovis Municipio 19 kmMorovis Municipio 19 kmAdjuntas Municipio 20 kmBarceloneta Municipio 21 km
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When
8:12 am AST on 15 July 2019 ()
Where
7 km (5 mi) north of Jayuya, PR · earthquakes near Jayuya
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
126 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Jayuya Municipio, 8 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2601 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. In Jayuya, 7 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: Florida, Estancias de Florida, Utuado, La Alianza, Cayuco, Ciales.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 58 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 5.8 260,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 58 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 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 12 km N of Garrochales, Puerto Rico · 31 km N of this epicentre
  2. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 49 km E of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 37 km NE 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 18.2840, -66.6010. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Jayuya Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) S earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Ciales Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) E earthquakes near Ciales Municipio
Florida Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NNE earthquakes near Florida Municipio
Utuado Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) W earthquakes near Utuado Municipio
Arecibo Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NNW earthquakes near Arecibo Municipio
Orocovis Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) ESE earthquakes near Orocovis 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. 1.7 1 km WNW of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.0 3 km WNW of Corozal, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.7 11 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.7 9 km ENE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.7 2 km S of Las Ochenta, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 22 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.6 Mona Passage
  8. 1.9 6 km NW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 7 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.3 12 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.7 2 km SSW of H. Rivera Colon, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 2 km SSW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.8 8 km S of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.9 3 km NE of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.5 17 km N of Arecibo, 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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