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M 1.7md

Earthquake near Salinas, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Salinas in the 24 hours to 3:05 pm AST (19:05 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 8 km (5 mi) NW, at 5:05 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Salinas

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 4 km (3 mi) west-southwest of Salinas, PR, at 9:01 pm AST on 24 October 2019 (01:01 UTC), 9.0 km deep.

USGS: Puerto Rico region

57 km (35 mi) SSW of San Juan, PR · 31 km (19 mi) E of Ponce, PR

9:01 pm AST, Oct 24, 2019 · · 9.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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When
9:01 pm AST on 24 October 2019 ()
Where
4 km (3 mi) west-southwest of Salinas, PR · earthquakes near Salinas
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
9.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Santa Isabel Municipio, 6 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2574 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Salinas, 4 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.

Likely felt in: Santa Isabel 7 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 in our catalogue was M 4.6 on 2016-12-05 — about 21,000 times the energy of this one.

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 17.9643, -66.3341. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) WSW earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) E earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR 16 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 20 km (12 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 8 km SE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.6 3 km NNE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 2 km SSW of Las Ochenta, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.0 12 km SSE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 1 km WNW of Las Ochenta, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.5 1 km E of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 2 km SE of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.5 8 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 11 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.5 3 km S of Las Ochenta, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 13 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 1 km SSW of Río Cañas Abajo, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.8 4 km SE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.7 1 km NE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.0 4 km SSW 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.

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