Earthquake near Santa Isabel, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Santa Isabel in the 24 hours to 5:27 pm AST (21:27 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 9 km (6 mi) NE, at 5:05 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Santa Isabel

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded in Santa Isabel, PR, at 2:43 am AST on 20 October 2022 (06:43 UTC), 12 km deep.

USGS: 0 km N of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico

23 km (14 mi) E of Ponce, PR

2:43 am AST, Oct 20, 2022 · 2022-10-20 06:43 UTC · 12 km deep · released about 310 lb of TNT

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When: 2:43 am AST on 20 October 2022 (2022-10-20 06:43 UTC)
Where: in Santa Isabel, PR · earthquakes near Santa Isabel
Magnitude: M 2.7 (md)
Depth: 12 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Santa Isabel Municipio, 3 km SE
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1484 days ago · 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 22 km (14 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.

Likely felt in: Santa Isabel in town, intensity III · Río Cañas Abajo 10 km, intensity II · Coamo 13 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 310 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 50,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 35,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.1× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.7 about 310 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 390,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 43 km NE of this epicentre Dec 24, 2010

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

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR	3 km (2 mi)	SE	earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR	9 km (6 mi)	WNW	earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR	15 km (9 mi)	E	earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR	15 km (9 mi)	NNE	earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR	19 km (12 mi)	NNW	earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR	22 km (13 mi)	W	earthquakes near Ponce Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.4 3 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico 12:01 UTC
2.0 4 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico 09:35 UTC
2.7 18 km SSE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico 09:10 UTC
2.5 5 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico 05:17 UTC
2.3 1 km WNW of Indios, Puerto Rico 20:24 UTC
2.3 2 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico 09:17 UTC
2.4 3 km NW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico 15:46 UTC
2.4 3 km ENE of Yauco, Puerto Rico 14:46 UTC
2.0 Puerto Rico region 12:47 UTC
2.1 2 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico 12:01 UTC
2.4 7 km WNW of Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico 22:24 UTC
2.1 0 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico 21:11 UTC
2.7 2 km SSE of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico 10:13 UTC
2.6 6 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico 07:50 UTC
1.7 Puerto Rico region 06:08 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 21:27 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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