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M 2.7md

Earthquake near Morovis, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Morovis in the 24 hours to 3:24 am AST (07:24 UTC). The last one was M 4.8, 71 km (44 mi) SW, at 9:19 am AST on 18 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 86 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Morovis

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) southeast of Morovis, PR, at 11:55 pm AST on 3 September 2022 (03:55 UTC), 21 km deep.

USGS: 4 km SE of Morovis, Puerto Rico

35 km (22 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR · 25 km (15 mi) WSW of Bayamón, PR

11:55 pm AST, Sep 3, 2022 · · 21 km deep · released about 310 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
11:55 pm AST on 3 September 2022 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) southeast of Morovis, PR · earthquakes near Morovis
Magnitude
M 2.7 (md)
Depth
21 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Morovis Municipio, 5 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1530 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 14 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Morovis, 5 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.

Likely felt in: Corozal 8 km, intensity II · Ciales 11 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 310 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 50,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 35,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 310 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 12 km N of Garrochales, Puerto Rico · 36 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 26 km E of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 23 km N 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 18.2952, -66.3775. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Morovis Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) WNW earthquakes near Morovis Municipio
Corozal Municipio, PR 6 km (3 mi) E earthquakes near Corozal Municipio
Orocovis Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) SW earthquakes near Orocovis Municipio
Barranquitas Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SE earthquakes near Barranquitas Municipio
Naranjito Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) E earthquakes near Naranjito Municipio
Ciales Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) W earthquakes near Ciales Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.6 1 km NNW of San José, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 5 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.0 3 km ESE of Cayey, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.0 3 km E of Cayey, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 2 km SW of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 3 km ENE of Mariano Colón, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 9 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 2 km S of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 5 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 7 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.4 Puerto Rico region
  12. 2.5 6 km NNW of Los Llanos, 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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