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M 2.8md

Earthquake near Rincón, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Rincón in the 24 hours to 7:04 am AST (11:04 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 53 km (33 mi) NNE, at 9:00 pm AST on 27 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Rincón

This page: a magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) east of Rincón, PR, at 7:12 pm AST on 1 April 2022 (23:12 UTC), 26 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 3 km E of Rincón, Puerto Rico

18 km (11 mi) NNW of Mayagüez, PR · 122 km (76 mi) W of San Juan, PR

7:12 pm AST, Apr 1, 2022 · · 26 km deep · released about 420 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Rincón Municipio 4 kmAguada Municipio 5 kmAñasco Municipio 11 kmMoca Municipio 15 kmAguadilla Municipio 17 kmHormigueros Municipio 26 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 26 kmIsabela Municipio 26 kmLas Marías Municipio 28 km
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When
7:12 pm AST on 1 April 2022 ()
Where
4 km (2 mi) east of Rincón, PR · earthquakes near Rincón
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
26 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Rincón Municipio, 4 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1559 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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Rincón, 4 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: Rincón 4 km, intensity II · Aguada 5 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 420 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 36,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 26,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 420 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 4.9 on 2020-07-03 — about 1,600 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 40 km N of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 35 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 11 km N of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 23 km N of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 33 km N 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 18.3453, -67.2145. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Rincón Municipio, PR 4 km (2 mi) W earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) NE earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) SE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) ENE earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) NNE earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) SSE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 4 km SW of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.0 4 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.7 4 km WNW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.7 7 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.9 2 km WNW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.0 Puerto Rico region
  7. 2.3 6 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.7 3 km SE of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 6 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.9 0 km NE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 6 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.0 5 km ENE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 6 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.0 6 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.6 6 km WSW 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.

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