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M 2.2md

Earthquake near Levittown, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Levittown in the 24 hours to 11:28 am AST (15:28 UTC). The last one was M 4.8, 99 km (61 mi) SW, at 9:19 am AST on 18 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 86 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Levittown

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) north of Levittown, PR, at 12:23 pm AST on 4 November 2019 (16:23 UTC), 22 km deep.

USGS: 8 km N of Levittown, Puerto Rico

19 km (12 mi) NW of San Juan, PR · 16 km (10 mi) N of Bayamón, PR

12:23 pm AST, Nov 4, 2019 · · 22 km deep · released about 69 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Toa Baja Municipio 7 kmDorado Municipio 9 kmCataño Municipio 10 kmSan Juan Municipio 17 kmVega Alta Municipio 18 kmToa Alta Municipio 18 kmBayamón Municipio 19 kmGuaynabo Municipio 22 kmVega Baja Municipio 23 km
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When
12:23 pm AST on 4 November 2019 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) north of Levittown, PR · earthquakes near Levittown
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Toa Baja Municipio, 7 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2564 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Levittown, 8 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: Ingenio, Dorado, Sabana Seca, San Juan, Toa Baja, Cataño.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 69 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 220,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 14× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 69 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 4.8 on 2017-08-18 — about 6,900 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 12 km N of Garrochales, Puerto Rico · 40 km W of this epicentre
  2. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 30 km SSE of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 16 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 18.5231, -66.1920. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Toa Baja Municipio, PR 7 km (5 mi) S earthquakes near Toa Baja Municipio
Dorado Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) SW earthquakes near Dorado Municipio
Cataño Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) SSE earthquakes near Cataño Municipio
San Juan Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) SE earthquakes near San Juan Municipio
Vega Alta Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) WSW earthquakes near Vega Alta Municipio
Toa Alta Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) SSW earthquakes near Toa Alta Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 0 km N of Cidra, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.0 3 km S of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.2 5 km SW of Estancias de Florida, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.2 47 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.6 33 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.8 50 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.1 49 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.4 5 km N of Jayuya, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.6 25 km N of Dorado, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.6 7 km NNE of Animas, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 1 km SW of Bairoa, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.1 0 km ESE of Río Lajas, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.6 17 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.7 35 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.2 25 km N of Loíza, 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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