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M 1.6md

Earthquake near Yauco, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Yauco in the 24 hours to 11:23 am AST (15:23 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 6 km (4 mi) ESE, at 4:39 pm AST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Yauco

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) south of Yauco, PR, at 9:32 am AST on 15 November 2022 (13:32 UTC), 12 km deep.

USGS: Puerto Rico region

23 km (15 mi) W of Ponce, PR

9:32 am AST, Nov 15, 2022 · · 12 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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When
9:32 am AST on 15 November 2022 ()
Where
4 km (2 mi) south of Yauco, PR · earthquakes near Yauco
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guayanilla Municipio, 5 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1457 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 Yauco, 4 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: Indios, Palomas, Maria Antonia, Guayanilla, Lluveras, Guánica.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 16,000,000 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 18.0037, -66.8448. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) E earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) N earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) SW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) ENE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) NW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) W earthquakes near Lajas 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. 2.1 5 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.6 14 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 1 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.7 8 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.3 5 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.5 Puerto Rico region
  7. 3.0 6 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 6 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.4 6 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 4 km NNE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 4 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.3 5 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 4 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.4 Puerto Rico region
  15. 2.2 7 km SSE 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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