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M 2.1md

Earthquake near La Parguera, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in La Parguera in the 24 hours to 7:45 am AST (11:45 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 9 km (5 mi) WNW, at 11:57 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near La Parguera

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded in La Parguera, PR, at 11:25 am AST on 20 July 2023 (15:25 UTC), 7.2 km deep.

USGS: Puerto Rico region

46 km (29 mi) W of Ponce, PR · 26 km (16 mi) SSE of Mayagüez, PR

11:25 am AST, Jul 20, 2023 · · 7.2 km deep · released about 47 lb of TNT

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When
11:25 am AST on 20 July 2023 ()
Where
in La Parguera, PR · earthquakes near La Parguera
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
7.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lajas Municipio, 2 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1210 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 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. 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: San Germán 12 km, intensity II · Pole Ojea 13 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 47 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 320,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 20× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 47 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 in our catalogue was M 6.4 on 2020-01-07 — about 2,500,000 times the energy of this one.

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 17.9793, -67.0613. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lajas Municipio, PR 2 km (1 mi) E earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) W earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) N earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) ESE earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) NE earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NNW earthquakes near Hormigueros 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. 2.4 8 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.0 Puerto Rico region
  3. 2.2 3 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 4 km NE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.3 2 km NNW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.8 5 km SW of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.4 5 km WSW of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.5 4 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.5 2 km E of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.3 7 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.0 0 km S of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.5 2 km E of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.0 Puerto Rico region
  14. 2.8 5 km WSW of Gu?nica, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 0 km NNE of Fuig, 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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