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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Jayuya, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Jayuya in the 24 hours to 6:06 pm AST (22:06 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 43 km (27 mi) SSE, at 8:40 am AST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Jayuya

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) east-northeast of Jayuya, PR, at 9:47 am AST on 19 October 2022 (13:47 UTC), 45 km deep.

USGS: 7 km ENE of Jayuya, Puerto Rico

52 km (32 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR · 30 km (18 mi) NNE of Ponce, PR

9:47 am AST, Oct 19, 2022 · · 45 km deep · released about 200 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ciales Municipio 5 kmJayuya Municipio 8 kmOrocovis Municipio 10 kmMorovis Municipio 14 kmFlorida Municipio 14 kmVillalba Municipio 14 kmUtuado Municipio 19 kmManatí Municipio 22 kmCorozal Municipio 22 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
9:47 am AST on 19 October 2022 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) east-northeast of Jayuya, PR · earthquakes near Jayuya
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
45 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ciales Municipio, 5 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1484 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 Jayuya, 8 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: Ciales, Florida, Estancias de Florida, Villalba, Barahona, Franquez.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 200 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 75,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 53,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 200 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 600,000 times the energy of this one.

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 · 35 km N of this epicentre
  2. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 41 km E of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 34 km NE 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 18.2490, -66.5275. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Ciales Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) NNE earthquakes near Ciales Municipio
Jayuya Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SW earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Orocovis Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) ESE earthquakes near Orocovis Municipio
Morovis Municipio, PR 14 km (8 mi) NE earthquakes near Morovis Municipio
Florida Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) NNW earthquakes near Florida Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) SSE earthquakes near Villalba Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 0 km E of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.9 1 km SSE of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 3 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.7 13 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.4 4 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.4 4 km S of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.6 3 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 2 km NW of Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.2 2 km N of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.5 2 km N of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 1 km N of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.2 3 km S of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 1 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 3 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.5 2 km ENE of Magas Arriba, 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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