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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.0md

73 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico

Yes. A magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 73 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico, 81 km (50 mi) N of San Juan, PR, at 6:19 am AST on 16 October 2022 (10:19 UTC), 23 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

81 km (50 mi) N of San Juan, PR

· 23 km deep · released about 860 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Dorado Municipio 76 kmToa Baja Municipio 76 kmCataño Municipio 77 kmLoíza Municipio 77 kmSan Juan Municipio 79 kmVega Alta Municipio 82 kmCarolina Municipio 82 kmVega Baja Municipio 83 kmToa Alta Municipio 87 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
Magnitude
M 3.0 (md)
Depth
23 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Dorado Municipio, 76 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1487 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 27 km (17 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 860 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 6.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 18,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 860 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 4.8 on 2017-08-18 — about 560 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.5 64 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico · 44 km WSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.4 106 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 47 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 5.1 66 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 32 km WSW of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 92 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico · 39 km ENE of this epicentre
  5. 5.0 113 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 48 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 19.1313, -66.0730. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Dorado Municipio, PR 76 km (47 mi) SSW earthquakes near Dorado Municipio
Toa Baja Municipio, PR 76 km (47 mi) S earthquakes near Toa Baja Municipio
Cataño Municipio, PR 77 km (48 mi) S earthquakes near Cataño Municipio
Loíza Municipio, PR 77 km (48 mi) S earthquakes near Loíza Municipio
San Juan Municipio, PR 79 km (49 mi) S earthquakes near San Juan Municipio
Vega Alta Municipio, PR 82 km (51 mi) SSW earthquakes near Vega Alta Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.8 44 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.5 71 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.9 107 km NNE of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.9 88 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
  5. 4.0 116 km N of Su?rez, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.9 Puerto Rico region
  7. 3.3 68 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.4 84 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.2 77 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.6 103 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.9 Puerto Rico region
  12. 4.3 113 km NNE of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.8 93 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.6 97 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.4 111 km N of Suárez, 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.

On USGS

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