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M 2.2md

Earthquake near Aguilita, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Aguilita in the 24 hours to 4:49 pm AST (20:49 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 35 km (22 mi) WSW, at 3:45 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Aguilita

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) west-southwest of Aguilita, PR, at 5:00 am AST on 11 February 2023 (09:00 UTC), 18 km deep.

USGS: 2 km WSW of Aguilita, Puerto Rico

7 km (4 mi) ENE of Ponce, PR

5:00 am AST, Feb 11, 2023 · · 18 km deep · released about 64 lb of TNT

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When
5:00 am AST on 11 February 2023 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) west-southwest of Aguilita, PR · earthquakes near Aguilita
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ponce Municipio, 5 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1369 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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Aguilita, 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: Capitanejo, Coto Laurel, Luis Llorens Torres, Juana Díaz, Ponce, Potala Pastillo.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 64 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 64 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 6.4 on 2020-01-07 — about 1,900,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 18.0182, -66.5585. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Ponce Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) WSW earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) ESE earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 15 km (10 mi) NE earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) W earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) ESE earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Jayuya Municipio, PR 22 km (13 mi) N earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 6 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 5 km ENE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 0 km E of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 4 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 Puerto Rico region
  6. 2.0 4 km SW of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.9 1 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.4 8 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.7 1 km NW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.6 6 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.6 3 km NE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.5 7 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.9 7 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.4 6 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.1 7 km SE of Maria Antonia, 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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