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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 4 km (3 mi) southwest of Yauco, PR, at 10:41 pm AST on 3 June 2020 (02:41 UTC), 2.0 km deep.

USGS: Puerto Rico region

26 km (16 mi) W of Ponce, PR

10:41 pm AST, Jun 3, 2020 · · 2.0 km deep · released about 94 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Guayanilla Municipio 8 kmGuánica Municipio 8 kmYauco Municipio 9 kmSabana Grande Municipio 12 kmPeñuelas Municipio 16 kmLajas Municipio 18 kmMaricao Municipio 20 kmSan Germán Municipio 21 kmAdjuntas Municipio 23 km
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When
10:41 pm AST on 3 June 2020 ()
Where
4 km (3 mi) southwest of Yauco, PR · earthquakes near Yauco
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
2.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guayanilla Municipio, 8 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2352 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 20 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Yauco, 4 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 4 km, intensity III · Guayanilla 9 km, intensity II · Magas Arriba 11 km, intensity II · Tallaboa 17 km, intensity II · Tallaboa Alta 19 km, intensity II · San Germán 20 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 94 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 5.8 160,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 10× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 94 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 1,300,000 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 18.0056, -66.8741. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) E earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) N earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) NW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) E earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 18 km (11 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. 3.0 Puerto Rico region
  2. 2.4 2 km NW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 3 km SW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 4 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.5 6 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.2 1 km WNW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.6 1 km WNW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.6 1 km SSW of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.1 4 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.0 5 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.0 1 km NW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.3 5 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.6 6 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.5 8 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.3 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.

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