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M 3.2md

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 3.2 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) north-northwest of Yauco, PR, at 3:59 pm AST on 11 February 2022 (19:59 UTC), 53 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 9 km NNW of Yauco, Puerto Rico

29 km (18 mi) WNW of Ponce, PR

3:59 pm AST, Feb 11, 2022 · · 53 km deep · released about 2,000 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Yauco Municipio 4 kmSabana Grande Municipio 9 kmMaricao Municipio 9 kmAdjuntas Municipio 14 kmGuayanilla Municipio 15 kmLas Marías Municipio 17 kmSan Germán Municipio 18 kmLares Municipio 18 kmPeñuelas Municipio 18 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
3:59 pm AST on 11 February 2022 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) north-northwest of Yauco, PR · earthquakes near Yauco
Magnitude
M 3.2 (md)
Depth
53 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Yauco Municipio, 4 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1667 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Yauco, 10 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Lluveras, Sabana Grande, Liborio Negron Torres, Palomas, Maricao, Guayanilla.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 2,000 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,700× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,400× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 2,000 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.1× 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 61,000 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 · 38 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 18.1183, -66.8717. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Yauco Municipio, PR 4 km (2 mi) SSE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) WSW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) NW earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) ENE earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) SSE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) NW earthquakes near Las Marías 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. 2.4 3 km NNW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 6 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.2 2 km NNW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 3 km SW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.9 5 km E of Lajas, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 5 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 3 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.8 2 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.7 0 km NE of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.8 2 km W of Indios, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.9 2 km ENE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.5 3 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.1 2 km ENE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.7 4 km SW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.9 7 km SSE of La Parguera, 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.

On USGS

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