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M 2.7md

Earthquake near Garrochales, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Garrochales in the 24 hours to 4:30 pm AST (20:30 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 12 km (7 mi) NW, at 2:05 am AST on 13 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Garrochales

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 30 km (19 mi) north of Garrochales, PR, at 7:50 pm AST on 22 May 2022 (23:50 UTC), 35 km deep.

USGS: 29 km N of Garrochales, Puerto Rico

63 km (39 mi) NW of San Juan, PR · 35 km (22 mi) NNE of Arecibo, PR

7:50 pm AST, May 22, 2022 · · 35 km deep · released about 360 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Barceloneta Municipio 28 kmManatí Municipio 32 kmArecibo Municipio 34 kmVega Baja Municipio 34 kmFlorida Municipio 39 kmVega Alta Municipio 40 kmHatillo Municipio 40 kmDorado Municipio 42 kmCamuy Municipio 44 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
7:50 pm AST on 22 May 2022 ()
Where
30 km (19 mi) north of Garrochales, PR · earthquakes near Garrochales
Magnitude
M 2.7 (md)
Depth
35 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Barceloneta Municipio, 28 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1634 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 Garrochales, 30 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: Tierras Nuevas Poniente.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 360 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 42,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 30,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 360 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 4.8 on 2017-08-18 — about 1,300 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 61 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico · 44 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 12 km N of Garrochales, Puerto Rico · 18 km S of this epicentre
  3. 5.7 78 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico · 49 km N of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 64 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico · 37 km NNE of this epicentre
  5. 5.5 Puerto Rico region · 49 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 18.7217, -66.5627. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Barceloneta Municipio, PR 28 km (17 mi) S earthquakes near Barceloneta Municipio
Manatí Municipio, PR 32 km (20 mi) SSE earthquakes near Manatí Municipio
Arecibo Municipio, PR 34 km (21 mi) SSW earthquakes near Arecibo Municipio
Vega Baja Municipio, PR 34 km (21 mi) SSE earthquakes near Vega Baja Municipio
Florida Municipio, PR 39 km (24 mi) S earthquakes near Florida Municipio
Vega Alta Municipio, PR 40 km (25 mi) SE earthquakes near Vega Alta Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.0 4 km NNW of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.2 71 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.8 14 km NNE of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.9 22 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.5 3 km S of Animas, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.7 13 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.7 16 km NE of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.8 13 km N of Levittown, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.0 4 km SE of Rafael Capo, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.5 Puerto Rico region
  11. 3.1 18 km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.9 32 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.9 23 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.0 65 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.7 2 km ESE of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, 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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