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M 2.2md

Earthquake near Liborio Negron Torres, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Liborio Negron Torres in the 24 hours to 12:11 pm AST (16:11 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 17 km (11 mi) SE, at 3:45 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Liborio Negron Torres

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) south-southwest of Liborio Negron Torres, PR, at 8:43 am AST on 21 March 2023 (12:43 UTC), 2.9 km deep.

USGS: 3 km SSW of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico

35 km (22 mi) W of Ponce, PR · 28 km (18 mi) SE of Mayagüez, PR

8:43 am AST, Mar 21, 2023 · · 2.9 km deep · released about 67 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sabana Grande Municipio 7 kmGuánica Municipio 9 kmLajas Municipio 10 kmYauco Municipio 13 kmSan Germán Municipio 13 kmGuayanilla Municipio 17 kmMaricao Municipio 17 kmHormigueros Municipio 21 kmLas Marías Municipio 23 km
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When
8:43 am AST on 21 March 2023 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) south-southwest of Liborio Negron Torres, PR · earthquakes near Liborio Negron Torres
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
2.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sabana Grande Municipio, 7 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1331 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 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Liborio Negron Torres, 3 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Yauco 11 km, intensity II · San Germán 12 km, intensity II · Guayanilla 17 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 67 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 5.7 160,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 14× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 67 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 1,800,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 44 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 48 km WNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 47 km WNW 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 18.0188, -66.9555. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 7 km (5 mi) N earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 9 km (5 mi) SSE earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) WSW earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NW earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) E earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 6 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.9 3 km N of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.7 2 km ESE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 2 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 8 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.4 5 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 0 km NNW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.4 8 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.4 6 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.7 6 km NNE of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.4 1 km SW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.6 Puerto Rico region
  13. 2.3 0 km NE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 4 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 6 km SW of La Parguera, 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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