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M 3.3ml

Earthquake near Maria Antonia, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Maria Antonia in the 24 hours to 1:11 pm AST (17:11 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 11 km (7 mi) ENE, at 4:39 pm AST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Maria Antonia

This page: a magnitude 3.3 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) southeast of Maria Antonia, PR, at 11:10 am AST on 13 January 2020 (15:10 UTC), 16 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 8 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico

24 km (15 mi) WSW of Ponce, PR

11:10 am AST, Jan 13, 2020 · · 16 km deep · released about 1.3 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Guánica Municipio 9 kmGuayanilla Municipio 10 kmPeñuelas Municipio 16 kmYauco Municipio 18 kmSabana Grande Municipio 21 kmLajas Municipio 22 kmPonce Municipio 26 kmSan Germán Municipio 29 kmMaricao Municipio 30 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
11:10 am AST on 13 January 2020 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) southeast of Maria Antonia, PR · earthquakes near Maria Antonia
Magnitude
M 3.3 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Guánica Municipio, 9 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2414 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 49 km (30 mi) from the epicentre. In Maria Antonia, 8 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 12 km, intensity III · Yauco 12 km, intensity III · Magas Arriba 13 km, intensity III · Tallaboa 15 km, intensity III · Tallaboa Alta 20 km, intensity II · Ponce 25 km, intensity II · San Germán 28 km, intensity II · Adjuntas 29 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1.3 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 5,600× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 4,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.3 about 1.3 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.8× more

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 45,000 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 17.9235, -66.8401. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guánica Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) WNW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NNE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) N earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) NNW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) WNW earthquakes near Lajas 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. 2.0 6 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.5 12 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.5 15 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.7 5 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.7 2 km SSE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.6 Puerto Rico region
  7. 2.5 1 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 14 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.9 7 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.6 6 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.7 Puerto Rico region
  12. 2.5 10 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  13. 4.0 9 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.7 17 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.7 5 km S of Indios, 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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