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M 2.0md

Earthquake near Coto Laurel, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Coto Laurel in the 24 hours to 5:26 pm AST (21:26 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 35 km (22 mi) WSW, at 3:45 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Coto Laurel

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) northwest of Coto Laurel, PR, at 7:22 am AST on 24 October 2022 (11:22 UTC), 17 km deep.

USGS: 2 km NW of Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico

10 km (6 mi) NE of Ponce, PR

7:22 am AST, Oct 24, 2022 · · 17 km deep · released about 31 lb of TNT

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When
7:22 am AST on 24 October 2022 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) northwest of Coto Laurel, PR · earthquakes near Coto Laurel
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ponce Municipio, 8 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1479 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 Coto Laurel, 3 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: Luis Llorens Torres, Aguilita, Juana Díaz, Capitanejo, Guayabal, Ponce.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 31 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 480,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 31× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 31 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 3,800,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 18.0675, -66.5658. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Ponce Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SSW earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) SE earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) NE earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Jayuya Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) N earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) WSW earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Orocovis Municipio, PR 22 km (13 mi) NE earthquakes near Orocovis Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 6 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.0 3 km E of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.8 2 km WNW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.0 3 km WNW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 7 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 Puerto Rico region
  7. 2.0 3 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 4 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 Puerto Rico region
  10. 2.1 1 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 1 km WNW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.3 Puerto Rico region
  13. 2.5 Puerto Rico region
  14. 2.2 1 km E of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.1 21 km S of Guánica, 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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