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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Yaurel, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Yaurel in the 24 hours to 1:36 am AST (05:36 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 42 km (26 mi) WSW, at 8:40 am AST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Yaurel

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) north of Yaurel, PR, at 8:45 pm AST on 25 January 2023 (00:45 UTC), 22 km deep.

USGS: 6 km N of Yaurel, Puerto Rico

35 km (22 mi) S of San Juan, PR · 16 km (10 mi) S of Caguas, PR

8:45 pm AST, Jan 25, 2023 · · 22 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Lorenzo Municipio 10 kmCayey Municipio 11 kmPatillas Municipio 12 kmArroyo Municipio 13 kmCaguas Municipio 14 kmCidra Municipio 15 kmGuayama Municipio 16 kmMaunabo Municipio 19 kmAguas Buenas Municipio 20 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
8:45 pm AST on 25 January 2023 ()
Where
7 km (4 mi) north of Yaurel, PR · earthquakes near Yaurel
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Lorenzo Municipio, 10 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1387 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 5 km (3 mi) from the epicentre. In Yaurel, 7 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: G. L. Garcia, Patillas, Jagual, Buena Vista, Corazón, Olimpo.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 1,400 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 · 21 km NNW 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 18.0883, -66.0527. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
San Lorenzo Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NE earthquakes near San Lorenzo Municipio
Cayey Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) W earthquakes near Cayey Municipio
Patillas Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) SE earthquakes near Patillas Municipio
Arroyo Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) S earthquakes near Arroyo Municipio
Caguas Municipio, PR 14 km (8 mi) N earthquakes near Caguas Municipio
Cidra Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) NW earthquakes near Cidra 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. 2.9 0 km S of Vázquez, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.8 Puerto Rico region
  3. 2.6 5 km SE of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 5 km WNW of Orocovis, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 3 km E of Bayamon, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.1 8 km SSW of Orocovis, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.7 Puerto Rico region
  8. 2.5 3 km WSW of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.9 1 km W of Punta Santiago, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.8 Puerto Rico region
  11. 2.5 19 km SSW of Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.9 9 km SSE of Bajandas, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.6 19 km SW of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.1 6 km ENE of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.9 5 km S of Jagual, 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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