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M 2.6md

Earthquake near Lluveras, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Lluveras in the last 24 hours. M 2.1, 8 km (5 mi) SE of Lluveras, at 4:14 pm AST on 11 November 2026 (20:14 UTC); the estimated shaking in Lluveras was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Lluveras

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 2 km (1 mi) east-southeast of Lluveras, PR, at 3:15 am AST on 16 July 2023 (07:15 UTC), 11 km deep.

USGS: 2 km ESE of Lluveras, Puerto Rico

28 km (17 mi) W of Ponce, PR

3:15 am AST, Jul 16, 2023 · · 11 km deep · released about 210 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Yauco Municipio 6 kmSabana Grande Municipio 9 kmGuayanilla Municipio 10 kmGuánica Municipio 10 kmMaricao Municipio 16 kmPeñuelas Municipio 16 kmLajas Municipio 18 kmSan Germán Municipio 18 kmAdjuntas Municipio 21 km
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When
3:15 am AST on 16 July 2023 ()
Where
2 km (1 mi) east-southeast of Lluveras, PR · earthquakes near Lluveras
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Yauco Municipio, 6 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1215 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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Lluveras, 2 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 4 km, intensity II · Guayanilla 10 km, intensity II · Magas Arriba 12 km, intensity II · San Germán 18 km, intensity II · Tallaboa 18 km, intensity II · Tallaboa Alta 20 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 210 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 72,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 51,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 210 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 580,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 45 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 18.0343, -66.8838. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Yauco Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) NNE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 9 km (5 mi) NW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) ESE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) SSW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NNW earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) E earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.8 6 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 2 km N of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 2 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.4 0 km NNE of Gu?nica, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 Puerto Rico region
  6. 2.1 6 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.4 3 km S of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.7 Puerto Rico region
  9. 1.9 Puerto Rico region
  10. 2.5 14 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.7 Mona Passage
  12. 2.2 4 km WSW of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 10 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.4 1 km SSW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.3 1 km S of Adjuntas, 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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