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M 2.7md

Earthquake near Bayamón, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Bayamón in the 24 hours to 7:45 am AST (11:45 UTC). The last one was M 4.8, 98 km (61 mi) WSW, at 9:19 am AST on 18 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 86 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Bayamón

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 14 km (9 mi) south of Bayamón, PR, at 6:24 am AST on 13 December 2022 (10:24 UTC), 15 km deep.

USGS: Puerto Rico region

19 km (12 mi) SW of San Juan, PR · 12 km (7 mi) S of Bayamón, PR

6:24 am AST, Dec 13, 2022 · · 15 km deep · released about 290 lb of TNT

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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
6:24 am AST on 13 December 2022 ()
Where
14 km (9 mi) south of Bayamón, PR · earthquakes near Bayamón
Magnitude
M 2.7 (md)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Aguas Buenas Municipio, 6 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1429 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 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Bayamón, 14 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: Sumidero 8 km, intensity II · Guaynabo 12 km, intensity II · Bayamón 14 km, intensity II · Caguas 14 km, intensity II · Corozal 16 km, intensity II · Cayey 18 km, intensity II · Levittown 19 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 290 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 51,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 36,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 290 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 4.6 on 2019-03-12 — about 810 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 18.2755, -66.1783. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Aguas Buenas Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) ESE earthquakes near Aguas Buenas Municipio
Comerío Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) SW earthquakes near Comerío Municipio
Naranjito Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) WNW earthquakes near Naranjito Municipio
Bayamón Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) N earthquakes near Bayamón Municipio
Guaynabo Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NE earthquakes near Guaynabo Municipio
Cidra Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) S earthquakes near Cidra Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 3 km WSW of Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.8 1 km W of San Isidro, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 Puerto Rico region
  4. 2.0 1 km SSW of Vázquez, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.2 3 km NNW of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 Puerto Rico region
  7. 2.2 3 km SE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.1 5 km N of Garrochales, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 2 km SSW of Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.6 4 km SSE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.0 4 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.2 2 km WSW of Aguilita, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.7 Puerto Rico region
  14. 3.4 Puerto Rico region
  15. 3.1 3 km E of Celada, 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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