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M 2.6md

Earthquake near Parcelas Peñuelas, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Parcelas Peñuelas in the 24 hours to 8:41 pm AST (00:41 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 3 km (2 mi) NNW, at 5:05 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Parcelas Peñuelas

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 2 km (1 mi) south-southwest of Parcelas Peñuelas, PR, at 12:21 am AST on 1 November 2019 (04:21 UTC), 6.0 km deep.

USGS: 2 km SSW of Parcelas Peñuelas, Puerto Rico

56 km (35 mi) SSW of San Juan, PR · 30 km (18 mi) E of Ponce, PR

12:21 am AST, Nov 1, 2019 · · 6.0 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

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When
12:21 am AST on 1 November 2019 ()
Where
2 km (1 mi) south-southwest of Parcelas Peñuelas, PR · earthquakes near Parcelas Peñuelas
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
6.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Santa Isabel Municipio, 5 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2568 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 Parcelas Peñuelas, 2 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 11 km, intensity II · Río Cañas Abajo 14 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 220 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 70,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 50,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 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 1,100 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 · 38 km NE 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 17.9805, -66.3453. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) SW earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR 9 km (5 mi) E earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) N earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 15 km (10 mi) W earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Aibonito Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) NNE earthquakes near Aibonito Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) NW earthquakes near Villalba Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 9 km SSW of Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.8 9 km S of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 13 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 5 km S of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.3 4 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.8 5 km SE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.6 4 km SSW of Las Ochenta, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 6 km SSW of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.7 4 km SSE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.0 12 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.4 4 km ENE of Jayuya, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 1 km WSW of Coco, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 12 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.8 13 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.5 12 km SSE of Ponce, 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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