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M 2.4md

Earthquake near Mayagüez, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Mayagüez in the 24 hours to 8:31 am AST (12:31 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 2.4 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) south-southwest of Mayagüez, PR, at 9:44 am AST on 23 October 2022 (13:44 UTC), 25 km deep.

USGS: 4 km SSW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

in Mayagüez, PR · 119 km (74 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR

9:44 am AST, Oct 23, 2022 · · 25 km deep · released about 110 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Hormigueros Municipio 6 kmAñasco Municipio 14 kmSan Germán Municipio 15 kmCabo Rojo Municipio 19 kmLas Marías Municipio 21 kmRincón Municipio 21 kmAguada Municipio 23 kmMaricao Municipio 24 kmSabana Grande Municipio 24 km
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When
9:44 am AST on 23 October 2022 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) south-southwest of Mayagüez, PR · earthquakes near Mayagüez
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
25 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hormigueros Municipio, 6 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1480 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Mayagüez, 5 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: Hormigueros, Cabo Rojo, Monte Grande, Puerto Real, Sabana Eneas, Espino.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 110 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 95,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 110 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 1,100,000 times the energy of this one.

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

  1. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 31 km N of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 43 km N of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 28 km NNE of this epicentre
  4. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 22 km W of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 22 km W 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 18.1660, -67.1610. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) SE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) NNE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) ESE earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) S earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) ENE earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) NNW earthquakes near Rincón Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 Puerto Rico region
  2. 2.5 Puerto Rico region
  3. 2.2 1 km E of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.0 3 km NW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.4 7 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.6 1 km NNE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 1 km WNW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 3 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 1 km ENE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.4 1 km NE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.9 2 km S of Gu?nica, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 3 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.4 2 km NW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 4 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.3 6 km WSW of Fuig, 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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