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M 2.7md

Earthquake near Campo Rico, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Campo Rico in the 24 hours to 10:43 am AST (14:43 UTC). The last one was M 4.1, 73 km (45 mi) SE, at 5:44 am AST on 28 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 5 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Campo Rico

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 2 km (1 mi) west-northwest of Campo Rico, PR, at 8:28 pm AST on 27 March 2023 (00:28 UTC), 42 km deep.

USGS: 2 km WNW of Campo Rico, Puerto Rico

17 km (10 mi) ESE of San Juan, PR · 10 km (6 mi) SE of Carolina, PR

8:28 pm AST, Mar 27, 2023 · · 42 km deep · released about 380 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Campo Rico Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Canóvanas Municipio 4 kmCarolina Municipio 8 kmTrujillo Alto Municipio 9 kmGurabo Municipio 11 kmLoíza Municipio 11 kmRío Grande Municipio 13 kmJuncos Municipio 14 kmSan Juan Municipio 18 kmLas Piedras Municipio 18 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
8:28 pm AST on 27 March 2023 ()
Where
2 km (1 mi) west-northwest of Campo Rico, PR · earthquakes near Campo Rico
Magnitude
M 2.7 (md)
Depth
42 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Canóvanas Municipio, 4 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1324 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Campo Rico, 2 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: Canovanas, Santa Barbara, Carolina, San Isidro, La Dolores, Bartolo.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 380 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 40,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 29,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 380 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 640 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 25 km WSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 48 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 18.3467, -65.9162. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Canóvanas Municipio, PR 4 km (2 mi) ESE earthquakes near Canóvanas Municipio
Carolina Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) NW earthquakes near Carolina Municipio
Trujillo Alto Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) W earthquakes near Trujillo Alto Municipio
Gurabo Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) SW earthquakes near Gurabo Municipio
Loíza Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) NNW earthquakes near Loíza Municipio
Río Grande Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) ENE earthquakes near Río Grande Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.0 1 km E of Jagual, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.9 23 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.0 22 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.7 2 km E of Santa Clara, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.1 37 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.0 1 km ENE of Bayamon, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.2 1 km NE of Bajandas, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.1 4 km WNW of Santa Clara, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 1 km NE of La Plena, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.0 3 km NE of La Plena, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.1 2 km SW of Santa Clara, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 Puerto Rico region
  13. 3.0 13 km N of Loíza, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.5 9 km SE of El Negro, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.8 4 km SE of G. L. Garcia, 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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