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M 2.3md

Earthquake near Guánica, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Guánica in the last 24 hours. M 2.1, 7 km (4 mi) ENE of Guánica, at 4:14 pm AST on 11 November 2026 (20:14 UTC); the estimated shaking in Guánica was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Guánica

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) west-northwest of Guánica, PR, at 9:15 am AST on 31 October 2022 (13:15 UTC), 8.8 km deep.

USGS: Puerto Rico region

38 km (24 mi) W of Ponce, PR · 28 km (17 mi) SE of Mayagüez, PR

9:15 am AST, Oct 31, 2022 · · 8.8 km deep · released about 72 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lajas Municipio 7 kmGuánica Municipio 9 kmSabana Grande Municipio 10 kmSan Germán Municipio 13 kmYauco Municipio 16 kmGuayanilla Municipio 20 kmMaricao Municipio 20 kmHormigueros Municipio 20 kmCabo Rojo Municipio 21 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
9:15 am AST on 31 October 2022 ()
Where
9 km (5 mi) west-northwest of Guánica, PR · earthquakes near Guánica
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
8.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lajas Municipio, 7 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1472 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Guánica, 9 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.

Likely felt in: San Germán 11 km, intensity II · Yauco 15 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 72 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 210,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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 in our catalogue was M 6.4 on 2020-01-07 — about 1,700,000 times the energy of this one.

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 18.0027, -66.9832. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lajas Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) WSW earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 9 km (5 mi) SE earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NNE earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NNW earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) E earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 Puerto Rico region
  2. 2.1 Puerto Rico region
  3. 2.0 0 km NE of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 2 km SW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.3 Puerto Rico region
  6. 2.2 7 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.8 3 km NE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 2 km SSE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 3 km SW of Peñuelas, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 2 km SE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 Puerto Rico region
  12. 2.3 3 km NNE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 2 km E of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.4 10 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.0 1 km WNW of Indios, 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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