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M 2.0md

Earthquake near Maricao, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Maricao in the 24 hours to 3:39 am AST (07:39 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 33 km (20 mi) SSE, at 3:45 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Maricao

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded in Maricao, PR, at 1:19 pm AST on 4 October 2019 (17:19 UTC), 14 km deep.

USGS: 1 km SE of Maricao, Puerto Rico

99 km (61 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR · 19 km (12 mi) E of Mayagüez, PR

1:19 pm AST, Oct 4, 2019 · · 14 km deep · released about 27 lb of TNT

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When
1:19 pm AST on 4 October 2019 ()
Where
in Maricao, PR · earthquakes near Maricao
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Maricao Municipio, 3 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2596 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Sabana Grande, San Germán, Liborio Negron Torres, Sabana Eneas, Lluveras, Juncal.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 27 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 5.8 560,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 35× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 27 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 2019-09-05 — about 3,100 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 40 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 28 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 43 km W of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 43 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 18.1710, -66.9663. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Maricao Municipio, PR 3 km (2 mi) E earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) N earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) SSE earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) SW earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) SE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Lares Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NE earthquakes near Lares Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 3 km SE of Utuado, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.6 10 km NW of Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.6 11 km ESE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.0 8 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 12 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.0 15 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 12 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 12 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.6 0 km NW of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.7 3 km WNW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.8 12 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.7 1 km S of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.9 4 km WNW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 10 km W of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.9 11 km SSE of La Parguera, 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.

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