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M 2.0md

Earthquake near Manatí, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Manatí in the 24 hours to 12:58 pm AST (16:58 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 19 km (12 mi) NW, at 2:05 am AST on 13 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Manatí

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded in Manatí, PR, at 1:22 am AST on 11 September 2019 (05:22 UTC), 17 km deep.

USGS: 1 km S of Manatí, Puerto Rico

45 km (28 mi) W of San Juan, PR · 26 km (16 mi) E of Arecibo, PR

1:22 am AST, Sep 11, 2019 · · 17 km deep · released about 32 lb of TNT

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When
1:22 am AST on 11 September 2019 ()
Where
in Manatí, PR · earthquakes near Manatí
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Manatí Municipio, 3 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2618 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: La Luisa, Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Coto Norte, Barceloneta, Imbery, Barahona.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 32 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 470,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 330,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 30× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 32 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 4.4 on 2018-12-09 — about 3,700 times the energy of this one.

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 · 18 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 41 km ESE of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 18 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 18.4135, -66.4900. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Manatí Municipio, PR 3 km (2 mi) N earthquakes near Manatí Municipio
Florida Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) WSW earthquakes near Florida Municipio
Barceloneta Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NW earthquakes near Barceloneta Municipio
Vega Baja Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) ENE earthquakes near Vega Baja Municipio
Morovis Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SE earthquakes near Morovis Municipio
Ciales Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SSW earthquakes near Ciales Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 12 km NNW of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.8 1 km ESE of Mariano Colón, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 10 km W of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.8 12 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.3 1 km E of Corozal, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.6 2 km SE of El Ojo, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.9 2 km SW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.9 12 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 37 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.9 10 km NNW of Camuy, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.6 1 km NNE of Parcelas Nuevas, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.8 16 km NNW of Camuy, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.5 4 km SSE of Cacao, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.5 25 km NNE of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.9 11 km N of Dorado, 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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