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M 3.0md

Earthquake near Mayagüez, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Mayagüez in the 24 hours to 9:47 am AST (13:47 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 25 km (15 mi) SSE, at 3:17 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Mayagüez

This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) west-northwest of Mayagüez, PR, at 7:34 pm AST on 10 October 2022 (23:34 UTC), 110 km deep.

USGS: 6 km WNW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

6 km (4 mi) WNW of Mayagüez, PR · 122 km (76 mi) W of San Juan, PR

7:34 pm AST, Oct 10, 2022 · · 110 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Añasco Municipio 11 kmHormigueros Municipio 12 kmRincón Municipio 15 kmAguada Municipio 18 kmSan Germán Municipio 21 kmMoca Municipio 22 kmLas Marías Municipio 23 kmCabo Rojo Municipio 24 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 27 km
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When
7:34 pm AST on 10 October 2022 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) west-northwest of Mayagüez, PR · earthquakes near Mayagüez
Magnitude
M 3.0 (md)
Depth
110 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Añasco Municipio, 11 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1493 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Mayagüez, 6 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: La Playa, Añasco, Las Marias, Espino, Hormigueros, Stella.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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 130,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 49 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 25 km N of this epicentre
  3. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 38 km N of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 47 km N of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 25 km NNE 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 18.2150, -67.1983. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Añasco Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) NE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) SE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) NNW earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) N earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) SE earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) NE earthquakes near Moca Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 8 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.7 2 km SE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.9 4 km WSW of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 4 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.5 3 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 3 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 1 km SSE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 1 km ESE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.6 5 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.9 3 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.8 1 km ESE of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.7 Puerto Rico region
  13. 2.0 5 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.9 1 km S of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.7 3 km E of Maria Antonia, 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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