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M 2.3md

Earthquake near Bayamón, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Bayamón in the 24 hours to 10:42 am AST (14:42 UTC). The last one was M 4.8, 98 km (61 mi) WSW, at 9:19 am AST on 18 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 86 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Bayamón

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 25 km (16 mi) south of Bayamón, PR, at 4:07 pm AST on 22 September 2019 (20:07 UTC), 77 km deep.

USGS: 2 km W of Bayamon, Puerto Rico

27 km (17 mi) SSW of San Juan, PR · 12 km (7 mi) WSW of Caguas, PR

4:07 pm AST, Sep 22, 2019 · · 77 km deep · released about 98 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cidra Municipio 3 kmCayey Municipio 8 kmAguas Buenas Municipio 9 kmCaguas Municipio 10 kmComerío Municipio 11 kmAibonito Municipio 15 kmSan Lorenzo Municipio 17 kmNaranjito Municipio 18 kmBarranquitas Municipio 19 km
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
4:07 pm AST on 22 September 2019 ()
Where
25 km (16 mi) south of Bayamón, PR · earthquakes near Bayamón
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
77 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Cidra Municipio, 3 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2607 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 Bayamón, 25 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: Cidra, Santa Clara, Sumidero, Parcelas Nuevas, Parcelas La Milagrosa, G. L. Garcia.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 98 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 98 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 2016-12-05 — about 2,500 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 · 10 km N of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 42 km NNW 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 18.1745, -66.1325. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Cidra Municipio, PR 3 km (2 mi) W earthquakes near Cidra Municipio
Cayey Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SSW earthquakes near Cayey Municipio
Aguas Buenas Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) N earthquakes near Aguas Buenas Municipio
Caguas Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) ENE earthquakes near Caguas Municipio
Comerío Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) WNW earthquakes near Comerío Municipio
Aibonito Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) WSW earthquakes near Aibonito Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 1 km SW of Las Ochenta, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.5 3 km ESE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.7 2 km E of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.8 1 km ESE of Mariano Colón, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.3 1 km E of Corozal, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.6 2 km SE of El Ojo, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.7 1 km W of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 0 km N of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 10 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 4 km ESE of Bayamon, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.6 2 km NNW of Jagual, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.6 1 km NNE of Parcelas Nuevas, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.9 11 km N of Dorado, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 2 km NE of Jayuya, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.6 2 km NNW of Río Cañas Abajo, 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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