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M 2.1md

Earthquake near Indios, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Indios in the 24 hours to 10:46 am AST (14:46 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 3 km (2 mi) SW, at 4:21 am AST on 10 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Indios

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) west-southwest of Indios, PR, at 10:03 am AST on 17 September 2022 (14:03 UTC), 17 km deep.

USGS: 3 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico

24 km (15 mi) W of Ponce, PR

10:03 am AST, Sep 17, 2022 · · 17 km deep · released about 47 lb of TNT

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When
10:03 am AST on 17 September 2022 ()
Where
4 km (2 mi) west-southwest of Indios, PR · earthquakes near Indios
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guayanilla Municipio, 6 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1516 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 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Indios, 4 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, Palomas, Yauco, Guánica, Fuig, Guayanilla.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 47 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 320,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 20× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 47 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 2,500,000 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 17.9835, -66.8535. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) ENE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) WSW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) N earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) ENE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) NW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) W earthquakes near Lajas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 4 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 4 km SSW of Capitanejo, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.0 5 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 7 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.4 4 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.4 5 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.6 7 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.0 9 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 4 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 8 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 Puerto Rico region
  12. 1.8 8 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.6 Puerto Rico region
  14. 2.4 3 km WNW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.8 3 km NNW of Guayanilla, 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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