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M 2.1md

Earthquake near Jobos, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Jobos in the 24 hours to 10:50 am AST (14:50 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 28 km (18 mi) WSW, at 7:09 pm AST on 5 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Jobos

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) west-northwest of Jobos, PR, at 6:39 am AST on 1 December 2022 (10:39 UTC), 17 km deep.

USGS: 3 km WNW of Jobos, Puerto Rico

51 km (32 mi) SSW of San Juan, PR · 34 km (21 mi) SSW of Caguas, PR

6:39 am AST, Dec 1, 2022 · · 17 km deep · released about 38 lb of TNT

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When
6:39 am AST on 1 December 2022 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) west-northwest of Jobos, PR · earthquakes near Jobos
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guayama Municipio, 6 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1441 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 1 km (1 mi) from the epicentre. In Jobos, 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: Central Aguirre, Coquí, Coco, Guayama, La Plena, Olimpo.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 38 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 390,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 280,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 25× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 38 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 4.6 on 2016-12-05 — about 6,200 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 34 km N 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 17.9612, -66.1932. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guayama Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) ENE earthquakes near Guayama Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR 7 km (5 mi) W earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Arroyo Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) E earthquakes near Arroyo Municipio
Cayey Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NNE earthquakes near Cayey Municipio
Aibonito Municipio, PR 20 km (13 mi) NNW earthquakes near Aibonito Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) W earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 17 km SSE of Lamboglia, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.4 Puerto Rico region
  3. 2.0 1 km SSW of Vázquez, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 Puerto Rico region
  5. 2.2 3 km SE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 2 km SSW of Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.0 5 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.6 4 km SSE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 4 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.4 5 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.0 4 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.2 2 km WSW of Aguilita, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.6 Puerto Rico region
  14. 2.7 Puerto Rico region
  15. 2.5 9 km SE of Tallaboa, 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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