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M 2.3md

Earthquake near Guánica, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Guánica in the 24 hours to 3:26 pm AST (19:26 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 13 km (8 mi) ENE, at 4:39 pm AST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Guánica

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) south of Guánica, PR, at 12:14 am AST on 15 September 2022 (04:14 UTC), 14 km deep.

USGS: 10 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico

33 km (21 mi) WSW of Ponce, PR

12:14 am AST, Sep 15, 2022 · · 14 km deep · released about 79 lb of TNT

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When
12:14 am AST on 15 September 2022 ()
Where
11 km (7 mi) south of Guánica, PR · earthquakes near Guánica
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guánica Municipio, 8 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1519 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. In Guánica, 11 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: Maria Antonia, Fuig, Palomas, Indios, Lluveras, La Parguera.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 79 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 190,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 79 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 1,500,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 17.8760, -66.9105. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guánica Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) N earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NW earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) NE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) N earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) NNE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) NE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 4 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.0 4 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.6 Puerto Rico region
  4. 2.3 0 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.3 5 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.4 9 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 1 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 Puerto Rico region
  9. 2.2 4 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.5 5 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 3 km NW of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.2 Puerto Rico region
  13. 2.3 7 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 7 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.0 6 km ESE of La Parguera, 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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