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Earthquake near Parcelas La Milagrosa, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Parcelas La Milagrosa in the 24 hours to 10:16 am AST (14:16 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 41 km (26 mi) SW, at 8:40 am AST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Parcelas La Milagrosa

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded in Parcelas La Milagrosa, PR, at 7:46 pm AST on 24 August 2022 (23:46 UTC), 8.3 km deep.

USGS: 0 km ENE of Parcelas La Milagrosa, Puerto Rico

29 km (18 mi) SSW of San Juan, PR · 17 km (10 mi) WSW of Caguas, PR

7:46 pm AST, Aug 24, 2022 · · 8.3 km deep · released about 26 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cidra Municipio 2 kmComerío Municipio 7 kmCayey Municipio 8 kmAibonito Municipio 10 kmAguas Buenas Municipio 11 kmBarranquitas Municipio 14 kmCaguas Municipio 15 kmNaranjito Municipio 15 kmCoamo Municipio 20 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
7:46 pm AST on 24 August 2022 ()
Where
in Parcelas La Milagrosa, PR · earthquakes near Parcelas La Milagrosa
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
8.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Cidra Municipio, 2 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1540 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 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Cayey 7 km, intensity II · Sumidero 8 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 26 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 5.8 580,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 410,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 36× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 26 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 4.6 on 2016-12-05 — about 9,100 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 11 km NNE of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 40 km NNW 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 18.1717, -66.1850. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Cidra Municipio, PR 2 km (2 mi) E earthquakes near Cidra Municipio
Comerío Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) NNW earthquakes near Comerío Municipio
Cayey Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SSE earthquakes near Cayey Municipio
Aibonito Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) WSW earthquakes near Aibonito Municipio
Aguas Buenas Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) NNE earthquakes near Aguas Buenas Municipio
Barranquitas Municipio, PR 14 km (8 mi) WNW earthquakes near Barranquitas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 5 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.1 4 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.4 5 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.8 5 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.2 5 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.3 5 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.4 5 km S of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.6 Puerto Rico region
  9. 2.2 6 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.0 5 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.8 6 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.9 3 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.0 5 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.2 4 km SSW of Capitanejo, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.0 5 km SW of Potala Pastillo, 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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