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M 2.3md

Earthquake near Maria Antonia, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Maria Antonia in the 24 hours to 10:49 am AST (14:49 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 11 km (7 mi) ENE, at 4:39 pm AST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Maria Antonia

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) south-southeast of Maria Antonia, PR, at 12:54 pm AST on 16 November 2022 (16:54 UTC), 15 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 10 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico

28 km (17 mi) WSW of Ponce, PR

12:54 pm AST, Nov 16, 2022 · · 15 km deep · released about 77 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Guánica Municipio 9 kmGuayanilla Municipio 14 kmPeñuelas Municipio 21 kmLajas Municipio 21 kmYauco Municipio 22 kmSabana Grande Municipio 23 kmPonce Municipio 30 kmSan Germán Municipio 30 kmMaricao Municipio 32 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
12:54 pm AST on 16 November 2022 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) south-southeast of Maria Antonia, PR · earthquakes near Maria Antonia
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Guánica Municipio, 9 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1456 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 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. In Maria Antonia, 10 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: Guánica, Indios, Fuig, Palomas, Guayanilla, Yauco.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 77 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 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 77 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 1,600,000 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 17.8913, -66.8603. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guánica Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) NW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) NNE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) NE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) WNW earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 22 km (13 mi) N earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 23 km (15 mi) NNW earthquakes near Sabana Grande 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. 2.5 Puerto Rico region
  2. 3.0 5 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 7 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 7 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 2 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 6 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.8 5 km SW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 2 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 3 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.3 5 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 Puerto Rico region
  12. 2.1 5 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.6 14 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 1 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.7 8 km SSE of Maria Antonia, 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.

On USGS

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