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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Salinas, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Salinas in the 24 hours to 6:02 pm AST (22:02 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 8 km (5 mi) NW, at 5:05 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Salinas

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) south-southwest of Salinas, PR, at 1:19 pm AST on 9 July 2022 (17:19 UTC), 24 km deep.

USGS: 8 km SSW of Salinas, Puerto Rico

62 km (38 mi) SSW of San Juan, PR · 34 km (21 mi) ESE of Ponce, PR

1:19 pm AST, Jul 9, 2022 · · 24 km deep · released about 190 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
1:19 pm AST on 9 July 2022 ()
Where
9 km (5 mi) south-southwest of Salinas, PR · earthquakes near Salinas
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Santa Isabel Municipio, 10 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1586 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 Salinas, 9 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: Jauca, Las Ochenta, Parcelas Peñuelas, Central Aguirre, Santa Isabel, Coquí.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 190 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 80,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 57,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 190 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 5.6 on 2020-01-07 — about 40,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 44 km NNE 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 17.9013, -66.3153. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NW earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NE earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Guayama Municipio, PR 20 km (13 mi) ENE earthquakes near Guayama Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) WNW earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR 23 km (14 mi) N earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Aibonito Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) NNE earthquakes near Aibonito Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 7 km SE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 13 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.2 13 km S of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.4 4 km SW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.9 14 km S of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.3 15 km S of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.7 4 km SSE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 9 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.5 2 km SSE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.4 8 km SW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 5 km ESE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.6 2 km E of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 2 km E of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.8 14 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.5 23 km S of Arroyo, 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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