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M 2.6md

Earthquake near Mayagüez, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Mayagüez in the 24 hours to 9:43 am AST (13:43 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 25 km (15 mi) SSE, at 3:17 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Mayagüez

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 45 km (28 mi) west of Mayagüez, PR, at 9:19 am AST on 11 December 2019 (13:19 UTC), 10 km deep.

USGS: 37 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico

45 km (28 mi) W of Mayagüez, PR · 102 km (63 mi) WNW of Ponce, PR

9:19 am AST, Dec 11, 2019 · · 10 km deep · released about 260 lb of TNT

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When
9:19 am AST on 11 December 2019 ()
Where
45 km (28 mi) west of Mayagüez, PR · earthquakes near Mayagüez
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mayagüez Municipio, 35 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2527 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 Mayagüez, 45 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 260 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 59,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 42,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 260 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 4.4 on 2017-10-01 — about 470 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 47 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 58 km E of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic · 47 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 21 km E of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 21 km E 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 18.1790, -67.5693. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 35 km (22 mi) WSW earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 38 km (24 mi) ENE earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 46 km (28 mi) ESE earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 46 km (29 mi) ENE earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 48 km (30 mi) ENE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 48 km (30 mi) E earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.1 37 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.6 1 km SSW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 6 km WNW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.3 52 km W of Stella, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.9 Mona Passage
  6. 3.2 55 km W of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.7 36 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 6 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.3 23 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.4 1 km ESE of Espino, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.4 2 km N of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.9 2 km NNE of Las Marias, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 5 km SSW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.4 29 km WSW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.0 11 km W of Puerto Real, 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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