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M 2.3md

Earthquake near Yauco, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Yauco in the last 24 hours. M 2.1, 5 km (3 mi) S of Yauco, at 4:14 pm AST on 11 November 2026 (20:14 UTC); the estimated shaking in Yauco was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Yauco

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) southeast of Yauco, PR, at 7:03 pm AST on 18 April 2020 (23:03 UTC), 16 km deep.

USGS: Puerto Rico region

20 km (12 mi) W of Ponce, PR

7:03 pm AST, Apr 18, 2020 · · 16 km deep · released about 72 lb of TNT

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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
7:03 pm AST on 18 April 2020 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) southeast of Yauco, PR · earthquakes near Yauco
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guayanilla Municipio, 2 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2398 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 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Yauco, 5 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.

Likely felt in: Guayanilla 3 km, intensity II · Magas Arriba 5 km, intensity II · Yauco 5 km, intensity II · Tallaboa 10 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 72 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 210,000× 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 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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 in our catalogue was M 6.4 on 2020-01-07 — about 1,700,000 times the energy of this one.

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 18.0085, -66.8128. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 2 km (1 mi) ESE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) ENE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NNW earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) WSW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) WNW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) NNE earthquakes near Adjuntas 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. 2.2 14 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.6 5 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.9 3 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 5 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.6 21 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.5 8 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.5 7 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.7 0 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.2 8 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.6 20 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.0 6 km WNW of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.9 2 km NW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.9 2 km S of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.1 2 km ENE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.0 5 km SSW 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.

On USGS

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