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M 3.5md

Earthquake near Fajardo, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Fajardo in the 24 hours to 11:30 am AST (15:30 UTC). The last one was M 4.1, 53 km (33 mi) SE, at 5:44 am AST on 28 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 5 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Fajardo

This page: a magnitude 3.5 earthquake was recorded 49 km (31 mi) northeast of Fajardo, PR, at 11:34 pm AST on 5 June 2022 (03:34 UTC), 31 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 34 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico

84 km (52 mi) ENE of San Juan, PR

11:34 pm AST, Jun 5, 2022 · · 31 km deep · released about 3 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Culebra Municipio 32 kmFajardo Municipio 40 kmLuquillo Municipio 52 kmCeiba Municipio 53 kmVieques Municipio 56 kmRío Grande Municipio 59 kmNaguabo Municipio 64 kmCanóvanas Municipio 70 kmLoíza Municipio 71 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
11:34 pm AST on 5 June 2022 ()
Where
49 km (31 mi) northeast of Fajardo, PR · earthquakes near Fajardo
Magnitude
M 3.5 (md)
Depth
31 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Culebra Municipio, 32 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1555 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 57 km (35 mi) from the epicentre. In Fajardo, 49 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: Culebra 34 km, intensity II · Fajardo 49 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 3 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 57,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.5 about 3 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 6.2× 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 4.8 on 2021-03-09 — about 80 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.0 73 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico · 48 km NNW of this epicentre

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 18.6108, -65.2933. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Culebra Municipio, PR 32 km (20 mi) S earthquakes near Culebra Municipio
Fajardo Municipio, PR 40 km (25 mi) SW earthquakes near Fajardo Municipio
Luquillo Municipio, PR 52 km (32 mi) WSW earthquakes near Luquillo Municipio
Ceiba Municipio, PR 53 km (33 mi) SW earthquakes near Ceiba Municipio
Vieques Municipio, PR 56 km (35 mi) SSW earthquakes near Vieques Municipio
Río Grande Municipio, PR 59 km (37 mi) WSW earthquakes near Río Grande Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.4 75 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.4 Virgin Islands
  3. 3.0 67 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  4. 3.3 Puerto Rico region
  5. 2.6 38 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  6. 3.3 58 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.0 10 km ENE of Luis M. Cintron, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.7 55 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  9. 3.6 66 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  10. 3.5 29 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.4 69 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  12. 3.4 72 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  13. 3.7 71 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  14. 3.2 70 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  15. 2.9 54 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

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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