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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Jauca, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Jauca in the 24 hours to 5:59 pm AST (21:59 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 7 km (4 mi) NNE, at 5:05 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Jauca

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) east-southeast of Jauca, PR, at 10:36 pm AST on 16 October 2019 (02:36 UTC), 4.0 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 3 km ESE of Jauca, Puerto Rico

58 km (36 mi) SSW of San Juan, PR · 31 km (19 mi) E of Ponce, PR

10:36 pm AST, Oct 16, 2019 · · 4.0 km deep · released about 180 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Santa Isabel Municipio 5 kmSalinas Municipio 8 kmCoamo Municipio 17 kmJuana Díaz Municipio 17 kmAibonito Municipio 21 kmGuayama Municipio 21 kmVillalba Municipio 24 kmCayey Municipio 26 kmBarranquitas Municipio 28 km
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When
10:36 pm AST on 16 October 2019 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) east-southeast of Jauca, PR · earthquakes near Jauca
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
4.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Santa Isabel Municipio, 5 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2582 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Jauca, 3 km away, the estimate is intensity III (weak). 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.

Likely felt in: Santa Isabel 7 km, intensity III · Coamo 14 km, intensity II · Río Cañas Abajo 17 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 180 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 86,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 61,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 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 1,400 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 40 km NNE 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 17.9535, -66.3370. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) W earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) ENE earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) N earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) WNW earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Aibonito Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) NNE earthquakes near Aibonito Municipio
Guayama Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) E earthquakes near Guayama 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. 2.6 2 km SSW of Parcelas Peñuelas, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 10 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.9 6 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.5 7 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.0 4 km SSW of Bayamón, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.8 2 km SE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.7 4 km SE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.8 8 km ESE of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 2 km E of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.9 2 km ESE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.7 6 km SSE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.7 15 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 4 km SE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.6 6 km SSW of Jagual, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.1 4 km SSE of Salinas, 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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