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M 3.1md

Earthquake near Maria Antonia, PR

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

This page: a magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) east-northeast of Maria Antonia, PR, at 1:34 am AST on 21 April 2020 (05:34 UTC), 12 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 2 km ENE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico

25 km (16 mi) W of Ponce, PR

1:34 am AST, Apr 21, 2020 · · 12 km deep · released about 1,400 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Guayanilla Municipio 7 kmGuánica Municipio 8 kmYauco Municipio 11 kmSabana Grande Municipio 14 kmPeñuelas Municipio 15 kmLajas Municipio 19 kmMaricao Municipio 22 kmSan Germán Municipio 23 kmAdjuntas Municipio 25 km
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When
1:34 am AST on 21 April 2020 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) east-northeast of Maria Antonia, PR · earthquakes near Maria Antonia
Magnitude
M 3.1 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Guayanilla Municipio, 7 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2395 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 41 km (25 mi) from the epicentre. In Maria Antonia, 3 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: Yauco 6 km, intensity III · Guayanilla 8 km, intensity III · Magas Arriba 11 km, intensity III · Tallaboa 16 km, intensity III · Tallaboa Alta 19 km, intensity II · San Germán 22 km, intensity II · Adjuntas 25 km, intensity II · Ponce 25 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,400 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 240,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 11,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,700× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,400 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.5× 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 86,000 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 17.9848, -66.8631. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) ENE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) WSW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) N earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) NW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) ENE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) W 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. 2.5 2 km SE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.4 4 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 11 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 8 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.5 11 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.8 1 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.4 15 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.6 9 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.8 6 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.6 3 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 4 km SW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.8 10 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 12 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.5 12 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.7 2 km WSW 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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