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M 2.8md

Earthquake near Yauco, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Yauco in the last 24 hours. M 2.3, 9 km (6 mi) ESE of Yauco, at 7:05 pm AST on 12 November 2026 (23:05 UTC); the estimated shaking in Yauco was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Yauco

This page: a magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) southeast of Yauco, PR, at 10:42 pm AST on 23 October 2023 (02:42 UTC), 17 km deep.

USGS: Puerto Rico region

20 km (12 mi) W of Ponce, PR

10:42 pm AST, Oct 23, 2023 · · 17 km deep · released about 510 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Guayanilla Municipio 2 kmPeñuelas Municipio 10 kmYauco Municipio 12 kmGuánica Municipio 13 kmSabana Grande Municipio 18 kmPonce Municipio 21 kmAdjuntas Municipio 23 kmLajas Municipio 25 kmMaricao Municipio 25 km
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When
10:42 pm AST on 23 October 2023 ()
Where
7 km (4 mi) southeast of Yauco, PR · earthquakes near Yauco
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guayanilla Municipio, 2 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1116 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 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Yauco, 7 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.

Likely felt in: Guayanilla 4 km, intensity II · Magas Arriba 5 km, intensity II · Yauco 7 km, intensity II · Tallaboa 10 km, intensity II · Tallaboa Alta 14 km, intensity II · Ponce 20 km, intensity II · Adjuntas 22 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 510 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 30,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 21,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 510 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 230,000 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 17.9848, -66.8078. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 2 km (2 mi) NNE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) ENE earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) NNW earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) WSW earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) E earthquakes near Ponce Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 3 km WNW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.4 1 km E of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 2 km NNW of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.6 2 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.2 12 km SW of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 Puerto Rico region
  7. 2.3 6 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.0 7 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.8 1 km SSE of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 0 km SE of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.0 Mona Passage
  12. 2.5 Puerto Rico region
  13. 2.1 11 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.6 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 1 km SE of Indios, 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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