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M 2.0md

Earthquake near Adjuntas, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Adjuntas in the 24 hours to 12:59 pm AST (16:59 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 31 km (19 mi) SSW, at 3:45 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Adjuntas

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) east-southeast of Adjuntas, PR, at 7:27 pm AST on 16 July 2023 (23:27 UTC), 16 km deep.

USGS: 8 km ESE of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

14 km (9 mi) NNW of Ponce, PR

7:27 pm AST, Jul 16, 2023 · · 16 km deep · released about 29 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Jayuya Municipio 12 kmAdjuntas Municipio 13 kmPeñuelas Municipio 13 kmPonce Municipio 14 kmUtuado Municipio 18 kmVillalba Municipio 19 kmGuayanilla Municipio 20 kmJuana Díaz Municipio 22 kmYauco Municipio 22 km
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When
7:27 pm AST on 16 July 2023 ()
Where
9 km (5 mi) east-southeast of Adjuntas, PR · earthquakes near Adjuntas
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Jayuya Municipio, 12 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1214 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 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Adjuntas, 9 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: Tallaboa Alta, Peñuelas, Santo Domingo, Ponce, Jayuya, Coto Laurel.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 29 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 520,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 370,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 33× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 29 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 4,100,000 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 18.1203, -66.6520. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Jayuya Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) NE earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) WNW earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SW earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) SSE earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Utuado Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NNW earthquakes near Utuado Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) E earthquakes near Villalba Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.9 Puerto Rico region
  2. 2.4 6 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.7 Puerto Rico region
  4. 2.1 Puerto Rico region
  5. 2.2 Puerto Rico region
  6. 2.0 3 km SW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 2 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.8 6 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 2 km N of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 2 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.4 0 km NNE of Gu?nica, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 6 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.4 3 km S of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.7 Puerto Rico region
  15. 1.9 Puerto Rico region

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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