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M 3.0md

Earthquake near Rincón, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Rincón in the 24 hours to 8:30 am AST (12:30 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 53 km (33 mi) NNE, at 9:00 pm AST on 27 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Rincón

This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 29 km (18 mi) northwest of Rincón, PR, at 2:33 pm AST on 2 November 2022 (18:33 UTC), 16 km deep.

USGS: 28 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico

48 km (30 mi) NW of Mayagüez, PR · 143 km (89 mi) W of San Juan, PR

2:33 pm AST, Nov 2, 2022 · · 16 km deep · released about 1,100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Rincón Municipio 29 kmAguadilla Municipio 29 kmAguada Municipio 31 kmMoca Municipio 40 kmAñasco Municipio 42 kmIsabela Municipio 43 kmQuebradillas Municipio 52 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 53 kmHormigueros Municipio 56 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
2:33 pm AST on 2 November 2022 ()
Where
29 km (18 mi) northwest of Rincón, PR · earthquakes near Rincón
Magnitude
M 3.0 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Rincón Municipio, 29 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1470 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 36 km (22 mi) from the epicentre. In Rincón, 29 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: Rincón 29 km, intensity II · Aguada 30 km, intensity II · Aguadilla 30 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 13,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 9,400× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 1,100 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 4.4 on 2017-10-01 — about 110 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 13 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 29 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 8 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 24 km ESE of this epicentre
  4. 6.3 58 km E of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic · 47 km W of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 19 km E 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 18.5470, -67.4135. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Rincón Municipio, PR 29 km (18 mi) SE earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 29 km (18 mi) ESE earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 31 km (19 mi) SE earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 40 km (25 mi) ESE earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 42 km (26 mi) SE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 43 km (27 mi) E earthquakes near Isabela Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 2 km WNW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.0 44 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.1 56 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.6 8 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.8 0 km SSE of Espino, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.4 38 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.1 46 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.9 51 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.2 0 km WNW of Mayag?ez, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.0 2 km ENE of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  11. 4.2 15 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.9 1 km ENE of Mayag?ez, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.7 11 km SW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  14. 4.0 44 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.8 22 km SW of Stella, 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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