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M 2.6md

Earthquake near Jayuya, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Jayuya in the 24 hours to 8:30 am AST (12:30 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 43 km (27 mi) SSE, at 8:40 am AST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Jayuya

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) southeast of Jayuya, PR, at 6:16 am AST on 16 November 2019 (10:16 UTC), 74 km deep.

USGS: 3 km SE of Jayuya, Puerto Rico

22 km (14 mi) NNE of Ponce, PR

6:16 am AST, Nov 16, 2019 · · 74 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

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When
6:16 am AST on 16 November 2019 ()
Where
4 km (2 mi) southeast of Jayuya, PR · earthquakes near Jayuya
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
74 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Jayuya Municipio, 3 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2552 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Jayuya, 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Villalba, Guayabal, Luis Llorens Torres, Utuado, Coto Laurel, Adjuntas.

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 68,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 48,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.3× 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

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 · 41 km N of this epicentre
  2. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 47 km E of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 42 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 18.1933, -66.5698. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Jayuya Municipio, PR 3 km (2 mi) NW earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) SE earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Ciales Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NNE earthquakes near Ciales Municipio
Orocovis Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) ENE earthquakes near Orocovis Municipio
Utuado Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) WNW earthquakes near Utuado Municipio
Florida Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) N earthquakes near Florida Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.1 0 km ESE of Río Lajas, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 13 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 9 km SSW of Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 6 km ESE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.6 Puerto Rico region
  6. 2.3 13 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 5 km S of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.9 17 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 4 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.8 5 km SE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.6 3 km S of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.6 4 km SSW of Las Ochenta, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 6 km SSW of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 12 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 4 km ENE of Jayuya, 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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