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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Jobos, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Jobos in the 24 hours to 8:05 pm AST (00:05 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 28 km (18 mi) WSW, at 7:09 pm AST on 5 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Jobos

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 18 km (11 mi) south of Jobos, PR, at 6:50 pm AST on 7 May 2022 (22:50 UTC), 2.9 km deep.

USGS: 17 km S of Jobos, Puerto Rico

69 km (43 mi) S of San Juan, PR · 51 km (31 mi) SSW of Caguas, PR

6:50 pm AST, May 7, 2022 · · 2.9 km deep · released about 180 lb of TNT

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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
6:50 pm AST on 7 May 2022 ()
Where
18 km (11 mi) south of Jobos, PR · earthquakes near Jobos
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
2.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guayama Municipio, 20 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1649 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 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Jobos, 18 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: Guayama 22 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 180 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 83,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 59,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 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 4.6 on 2016-12-05 — about 1,300 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 17.7957, -66.1762. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guayama Municipio, PR 20 km (13 mi) NNE earthquakes near Guayama Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR 22 km (13 mi) NNW earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Arroyo Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) NE earthquakes near Arroyo Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 28 km (18 mi) NW earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Patillas Municipio, PR 30 km (19 mi) NE earthquakes near Patillas Municipio
Cayey Municipio, PR 34 km (21 mi) N earthquakes near Cayey Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.8 13 km SSE of Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.1 9 km S of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.4 16 km SSE of Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.3 27 km SSE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.6 5 km WNW of Jagual, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.4 6 km ESE of Villalba, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 4 km SSE of Cayey, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.4 18 km S of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 13 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 13 km S of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.9 14 km S of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.3 15 km S of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.8 14 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.5 23 km S of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 7 km SSE of Jobos, 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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