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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Boquerón, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Boquerón in the 24 hours to 9:37 am AST (13:37 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 6 km (4 mi) ESE, at 11:57 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Boquerón

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) west of Boquerón, PR, at 2:48 am AST on 20 August 2022 (06:48 UTC), 4.8 km deep.

USGS: 8 km W of Boquerón, Puerto Rico

22 km (14 mi) SSW of Mayagüez, PR · 132 km (82 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR

2:48 am AST, Aug 20, 2022 · · 4.8 km deep · released about 160 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cabo Rojo Municipio 8 kmHormigueros Municipio 18 kmLajas Municipio 22 kmSan Germán Municipio 24 kmAñasco Municipio 31 kmSabana Grande Municipio 32 kmRincón Municipio 35 kmGuánica Municipio 35 kmLas Marías Municipio 36 km
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When
2:48 am AST on 20 August 2022 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) west of Boquerón, PR · earthquakes near Boquerón
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
4.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Cabo Rojo Municipio, 8 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1544 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Boquerón, 8 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Puerto Real 8 km, intensity III · Pole Ojea 9 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 160 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 92,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 65,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 160 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 730,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 46 km N of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 45 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 22 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 21 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 18.0265, -67.2455. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) ESE earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) ESE earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) ENE earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 31 km (19 mi) NNE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 32 km (20 mi) ENE earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 6 km ENE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.5 6 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 2 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.0 5 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 1 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.5 3 km SSW of Monte Grande, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 6 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.4 14 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.5 10 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.5 2 km SSE of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.0 1 km S of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.9 2 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.4 5 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.2 6 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.1 11 km S of Guánica, 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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