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M 1.8md

Earthquake near Lluveras, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Lluveras in the last 24 hours. M 2.1, 8 km (5 mi) SE of Lluveras, at 4:14 pm AST on 11 November 2026 (20:14 UTC); the estimated shaking in Lluveras was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Lluveras

This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded in Lluveras, PR, at 12:12 pm AST on 5 October 2019 (16:12 UTC), 13 km deep.

USGS: 1 km E of Lluveras, Puerto Rico

29 km (18 mi) W of Ponce, PR

12:12 pm AST, Oct 5, 2019 · · 13 km deep · released about 13 lb of TNT

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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
12:12 pm AST on 5 October 2019 ()
Where
in Lluveras, PR · earthquakes near Lluveras
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Yauco Municipio, 6 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2594 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 1 km (1 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: Palomas, Yauco, Liborio Negron Torres, Fuig, Maria Antonia, Guánica.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 13 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 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 75× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 44 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 18.0381, -66.8936. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Yauco Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) NE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) NW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 10 km (7 mi) SSW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) ESE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NNW earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) WSW earthquakes near Lajas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 12 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.6 1 km W of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.5 7 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.7 10 km WNW of Orocovis, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 12 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 4 km E of Guayabal, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 12 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 Puerto Rico region
  9. 1.9 3 km SE of Utuado, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.9 13 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.7 1 km WSW of Río Cañas Abajo, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.6 10 km NW of Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 13 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.6 11 km ESE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.9 15 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, 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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