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M 2.4md

Earthquake near Las Marias, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Las Marias in the 24 hours to 2:41 pm AST (18:41 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 12 km (8 mi) NNE, at 12:03 am AST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Las Marias

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded in Las Marias, PR, at 6:07 pm AST on 6 December 2022 (22:07 UTC), 13 km deep.

USGS: 1 km WNW of Las Marias, Puerto Rico

11 km (7 mi) N of Mayagüez, PR · 116 km (72 mi) W of San Juan, PR

6:07 pm AST, Dec 6, 2022 · · 13 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Añasco Municipio 3 kmAguada Municipio 9 kmRincón Municipio 11 kmMoca Municipio 12 kmHormigueros Municipio 19 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 20 kmAguadilla Municipio 20 kmLas Marías Municipio 21 kmSan Germán Municipio 25 km
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When
6:07 pm AST on 6 December 2022 ()
Where
in Las Marias, PR · earthquakes near Las Marias
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Añasco Municipio, 3 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1436 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 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Aguada 10 km, intensity II · Rincón 11 km, intensity II · Mayagüez 11 km, intensity II · Aguadilla 14 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 5.3 on 2020-07-03 — about 22,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 45 km N of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 43 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 17 km NNW of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 29 km NNW of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 38 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 18.2972, -67.1585. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Añasco Municipio, PR 3 km (2 mi) ESE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) NNW earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) WNW earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) NE earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) SSE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
San Sebastián Municipio, PR 20 km (13 mi) E earthquakes near San Sebastián Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 2 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 4 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 Puerto Rico region
  4. 2.1 4 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.3 5 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 4 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 1 km WNW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.4 5 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 3 km E of Stella, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.1 19 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 4 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.2 2 km S of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.5 1 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.8 3 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.8 5 km WSW 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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