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M 2.8md

Earthquake near Santo Domingo, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Santo Domingo in the 24 hours to 2:44 pm AST (18:44 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 6 km (4 mi) SW, at 4:39 pm AST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Santo Domingo

This page: a magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) west-northwest of Santo Domingo, PR, at 1:58 pm AST on 30 November 2022 (17:58 UTC), 2.0 km deep.

USGS: 6 km WNW of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico

22 km (14 mi) WNW of Ponce, PR

1:58 pm AST, Nov 30, 2022 · · 2.0 km deep · released about 460 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Yauco Municipio 5 kmGuayanilla Municipio 9 kmPeñuelas Municipio 11 kmAdjuntas Municipio 12 kmSabana Grande Municipio 15 kmMaricao Municipio 16 kmGuánica Municipio 20 kmLares Municipio 22 kmUtuado Municipio 23 km
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When
1:58 pm AST on 30 November 2022 ()
Where
7 km (4 mi) west-northwest of Santo Domingo, PR · earthquakes near Santo Domingo
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
2.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Yauco Municipio, 5 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1442 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 27 km (17 mi) from the epicentre. In Santo Domingo, 7 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 7 km, intensity III · Guayanilla 8 km, intensity III · Magas Arriba 9 km, intensity III · Tallaboa Alta 12 km, intensity III · Adjuntas 12 km, intensity III · Tallaboa 14 km, intensity III · Ponce 22 km, intensity II · Lares 24 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 460 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 33,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 23,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 460 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 since 2016 was M 6.4 on 2020-01-07 — about 260,000 times the energy of this one.

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

  1. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 44 km NW 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 18.0883, -66.8101. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Yauco Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) W earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) S earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) SE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) NNE earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) W earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NW earthquakes near Maricao Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.8 2 km S of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.9 4 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.9 6 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.4 3 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.4 Puerto Rico region
  6. 2.5 4 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 3 km WNW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 7 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.1 4 km SSW of Florida, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.3 4 km WNW of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 4 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 1 km NE of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 4 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.5 2 km SW of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 0 km W of Monte Grande, 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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