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M 1.8md

Earthquake near Mayagüez, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Mayagüez in the 24 hours to 12:06 pm AST (16:06 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 25 km (15 mi) SSE, at 3:17 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Mayagüez

This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded in Mayagüez, PR, at 3:15 pm AST on 24 August 2019 (19:15 UTC), 26 km deep.

USGS: 1 km ENE of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

in Mayagüez, PR · 115 km (71 mi) W of San Juan, PR

3:15 pm AST, Aug 24, 2019 · · 26 km deep · released about 17 lb of TNT

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When
3:15 pm AST on 24 August 2019 ()
Where
in Mayagüez, PR · earthquakes near Mayagüez
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
26 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hormigueros Municipio, 8 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2636 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: Hormigueros, Espino, Añasco, Las Marias, La Playa, Monte Grande.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 17 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 640,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 57× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 5,100 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 28 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 40 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 48 km N of this epicentre
  4. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 22 km NNE of this epicentre
  5. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 26 km W 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 18.2071, -67.1288. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) S earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) N earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) SE earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) E earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) NW earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) NNE earthquakes near Moca Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 0 km WNW of Lajas, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 17 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 22 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 1 km NNE of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 18 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 11 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.8 10 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.7 38 km W of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 4 km ENE of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.6 5 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 15 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.8 4 km N of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.7 23 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.8 2 km NNW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.0 18 km WNW of Puerto Real, 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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