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M 2.4md

Earthquake near Indios, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Indios in the 24 hours to 12:46 pm AST (16:46 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 3 km (2 mi) SW, at 4:21 am AST on 10 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Indios

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) south-southeast of Indios, PR, at 7:42 am AST on 7 January 2020 (11:42 UTC), 7.0 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 6 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico

19 km (12 mi) WSW of Ponce, PR

7:42 am AST, Jan 7, 2020 · · 7.0 km deep · released about 140 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Guayanilla Municipio 7 kmPeñuelas Municipio 12 kmGuánica Municipio 14 kmYauco Municipio 17 kmPonce Municipio 21 kmSabana Grande Municipio 22 kmLajas Municipio 26 kmAdjuntas Municipio 27 kmMaricao Municipio 30 km
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When
7:42 am AST on 7 January 2020 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) south-southeast of Indios, PR · earthquakes near Indios
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity V
Nearest
Guayanilla Municipio, 7 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2426 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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Indios, 6 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: Guayanilla 8 km, intensity II · Magas Arriba 9 km, intensity II · Tallaboa 10 km, intensity II · Yauco 12 km, intensity II · Tallaboa Alta 16 km, intensity II · Ponce 19 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 140 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 78,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 140 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 6.4 on 2020-01-07 — about 870,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 17.9440, -66.7946. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) N earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) NE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 14 km (8 mi) W earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) NNW earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) ENE earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) NW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 9 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 2 km WSW of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.6 11 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.6 2 km ESE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 2 km SSE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 10 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.6 6 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.6 16 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.6 12 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.9 3 km E of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  11. 4.4 5 km ESE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 0 km N of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 0 km NNW of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.5 10 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 18 km SSW of Tallaboa, 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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