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M 2.0md

Earthquake near Peñuelas, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Peñuelas in the 24 hours to 12:51 am AST (04:51 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 8 km (5 mi) WSW, at 4:39 pm AST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Peñuelas

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 6 km (3 mi) north-northeast of Peñuelas, PR, at 10:07 pm AST on 11 June 2022 (02:07 UTC), 22 km deep.

USGS: 5 km NNE of Peñuelas, Puerto Rico

14 km (9 mi) NW of Ponce, PR

10:07 pm AST, Jun 11, 2022 · · 22 km deep · released about 31 lb of TNT

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When
10:07 pm AST on 11 June 2022 ()
Where
6 km (3 mi) north-northeast of Peñuelas, PR · earthquakes near Peñuelas
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Peñuelas Municipio, 9 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1614 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Peñuelas, 6 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: Tallaboa Alta, Santo Domingo, Adjuntas, Magas Arriba, Tallaboa, Ponce.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 31 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 480,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 31× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 31 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 6.4 on 2020-01-07 — about 3,800,000 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 18.1013, -66.6995. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 9 km (5 mi) SSW earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) NW earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) SE earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) SW earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) W earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Jayuya Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) NE earthquakes near Jayuya 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. 2.2 Puerto Rico region
  2. 2.3 6 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.7 6 km NW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.5 4 km SSE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.4 7 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.2 9 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.6 6 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.5 1 km SW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 9 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.9 7 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 4 km S of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.5 1 km NE of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.9 6 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.2 2 km NNW of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.8 5 km E 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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