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M 2.3md

Earthquake near Isabel Segunda, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Isabel Segunda in the 24 hours to 5:18 pm AST (21:18 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 26 km (16 mi) SSE, at 12:08 pm AST on 29 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Isabel Segunda

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) south-southeast of Isabel Segunda, PR, at 11:47 pm AST on 9 January 2023 (03:47 UTC), 19 km deep.

USGS: Puerto Rico region

81 km (50 mi) ESE of San Juan, PR

11:47 pm AST, Jan 9, 2023 · · 19 km deep · released about 94 lb of TNT

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When
11:47 pm AST on 9 January 2023 ()
Where
11 km (7 mi) south-southeast of Isabel Segunda, PR · earthquakes near Isabel Segunda
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Vieques Municipio, 8 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1402 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Isabel Segunda, 11 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: Esperanza, Culebra.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 94 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 5.8 160,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 10× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 94 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 4.8 on 2021-10-08 — about 5,100 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 18.0653, -65.3903. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Vieques Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) NNW earthquakes near Vieques Municipio
Culebra Municipio, PR 30 km (19 mi) NNE earthquakes near Culebra Municipio
Ceiba Municipio, PR 32 km (20 mi) NW earthquakes near Ceiba Municipio
Naguabo Municipio, PR 40 km (25 mi) WNW earthquakes near Naguabo Municipio
Fajardo Municipio, PR 41 km (26 mi) NNW earthquakes near Fajardo Municipio
Humacao Municipio, PR 43 km (26 mi) W earthquakes near Humacao Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.4 23 km SSW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  2. 2.4 30 km SE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.7 26 km SSW of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.3 14 km SSE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.1 15 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.0 20 km SE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.2 22 km SSE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.5 9 km ENE of Luis M. Cintron, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.6 10 km ESE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.3 28 km S of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  11. 3.2 36 km SE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.3 25 km SE of El Negro, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.5 16 km SE of El Negro, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.3 6 km S of Punta Santiago, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.6 Puerto Rico region

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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