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M 3.0md

Earthquake near La Playa, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in La Playa in the 24 hours to 11:39 pm AST (03:39 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 28 km (17 mi) WSW, at 12:57 am AST on 19 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near La Playa

This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) south of La Playa, PR, at 1:10 am AST on 13 June 2022 (05:10 UTC), 105 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 5 km S of La Playa, Puerto Rico

6 km (4 mi) NW of Mayagüez, PR · 120 km (75 mi) W of San Juan, PR

1:10 am AST, Jun 13, 2022 · · 105 km deep · released about 1,100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Añasco Municipio 8 kmRincón Municipio 13 kmHormigueros Municipio 13 kmAguada Municipio 16 kmMoca Municipio 20 kmSan Germán Municipio 21 kmLas Marías Municipio 22 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 26 kmCabo Rojo Municipio 26 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
1:10 am AST on 13 June 2022 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) south of La Playa, PR · earthquakes near La Playa
Magnitude
M 3.0 (md)
Depth
105 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Añasco Municipio, 8 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1612 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 La Playa, 6 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: Mayagüez, Añasco, Las Marias, Espino, Stella, Hormigueros.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 14,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 10,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 1,100 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 5.9 on 2020-01-11 — about 20,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 47 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 23 km N of this epicentre
  3. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 36 km N of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 45 km N of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 22 km NE 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 18.2338, -67.1892. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Añasco Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) NE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NNW earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) N earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) NE earthquakes near Moca Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) SE earthquakes near San Germán Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 5 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.3 1 km SSE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 3 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 6 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 6 km SW of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.0 7 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.6 1 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 6 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.5 7 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.8 5 km ENE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 2 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 3 km SW of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 6 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 1 km SSE of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 7 km SSE of Maria Antonia, 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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