Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.7md
114 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
Yes. A magnitude 3.7 earthquake was recorded 114 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico, at 1:38 am AST on 13 February 2023 (05:38 UTC), 37 km deep.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.7 (md)
- Depth
- 37 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Loíza Municipio, 114 km S
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1299 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 68 km (42 mi) from the epicentre. 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.7 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 30,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.7 about 5.7 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 12× 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 4.3 on 2022-12-25 — about 8.8 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.1 92 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico · 24 km SSE 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 19.4635, -65.7931. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loíza Municipio, PR | 114 km (71 mi) | S | earthquakes near Loíza Municipio |
| Cataño Municipio, PR | 119 km (74 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Cataño Municipio |
| San Juan Municipio, PR | 119 km (74 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near San Juan Municipio |
| Toa Baja Municipio, PR | 120 km (74 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Toa Baja Municipio |
| Carolina Municipio, PR | 120 km (75 mi) | S | earthquakes near Carolina Municipio |
| Dorado Municipio, PR | 121 km (75 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Dorado Municipio |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
44 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.6 125 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
- 4.0 135 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
- 3.8 135 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
- 3.9 113 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
- 3.3 129 km NNE of San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 3.5 137 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
- 3.9 136 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
- 3.2 127 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
- 3.8 146 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
- 3.4 144 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
- 3.8 134 km N of Su?rez, Puerto Rico
- 3.4 119 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
- 3.8 121 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
- 3.3 153 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
- 3.9 Puerto Rico region
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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.