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M 2.0md

Earthquake near Maricao, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Maricao in the 24 hours to 6:41 am AST (10:41 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 3 km (2 mi) west of Maricao, PR, at 11:42 pm AST on 22 October 2019 (03:42 UTC), 14 km deep.

USGS: 3 km W of Maricao, Puerto Rico

14 km (9 mi) E of Mayagüez, PR · 103 km (64 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR

11:42 pm AST, Oct 22, 2019 · · 14 km deep · released about 28 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Las Marías Municipio 6 kmMaricao Municipio 8 kmSan Germán Municipio 8 kmSabana Grande Municipio 12 kmHormigueros Municipio 12 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 17 kmAñasco Municipio 18 kmLares Municipio 18 kmYauco Municipio 19 km
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When
11:42 pm AST on 22 October 2019 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) west of Maricao, PR · earthquakes near Maricao
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Las Marías Municipio, 6 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2567 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. In Maricao, 3 km away, the estimate is intensity II (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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: San Germán, Sabana Grande, Sabana Eneas, Hormigueros, Mayagüez, Monte Grande.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 28 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 5.8 540,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 380,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 34× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 28 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 3,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 36 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 48 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 25 km NNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 38 km W of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 38 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 18.1783, -67.0086. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Las Marías Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) NNE earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) E earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SSW earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) SSE earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) WSW earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
San Sebastián Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) NNE earthquakes near San Sebastián Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.8 7 km NNE of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.9 1 km ENE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.8 4 km NW of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 3 km WNW of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.6 3 km SE of Jayuya, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.0 3 km SSE of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.6 3 km NNE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.5 4 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 15 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.5 11 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 4 km WNW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.5 5 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.6 7 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.6 9 km SE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.6 0 km E of Palmarejo, 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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