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M 3.2md

Earthquake near Isabela, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Isabela in the 24 hours to 3:33 pm AST (19:33 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 31 km (19 mi) N, at 9:00 pm AST on 27 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Isabela

This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 45 km (28 mi) north of Isabela, PR, at 3:06 am AST on 23 November 2023 (07:06 UTC), 64 km deep.

USGS: Puerto Rico region

57 km (35 mi) NNW of Arecibo, PR · 112 km (69 mi) WNW of San Juan, PR

3:06 am AST, Nov 23, 2023 · · 64 km deep · released about 1,700 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Isabela Municipio 47 kmQuebradillas Municipio 49 kmAguadilla Municipio 50 kmCamuy Municipio 53 kmHatillo Municipio 55 kmMoca Municipio 60 kmArecibo Municipio 62 kmAguada Municipio 63 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 64 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
3:06 am AST on 23 November 2023 ()
Where
45 km (28 mi) north of Isabela, PR · earthquakes near Isabela
Magnitude
M 3.2 (md)
Depth
64 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Isabela Municipio, 47 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1085 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 Isabela, 45 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,700 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 8,800× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 6,200× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,700 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.8× more

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 6.0 on 2019-09-24 — about 18,000 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 18.9073, -66.9827. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Isabela Municipio, PR 47 km (29 mi) S earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 49 km (31 mi) S earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 50 km (31 mi) SSW earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Camuy Municipio, PR 53 km (33 mi) SSE earthquakes near Camuy Municipio
Hatillo Municipio, PR 55 km (34 mi) SSE earthquakes near Hatillo Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 60 km (37 mi) S earthquakes near Moca Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.3 48 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  2. 4.0 49 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.1 44 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.4 49 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.2 49 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.9 44 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.3 50 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.3 70 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.5 52 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.9 25 km NNE of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.0 38 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.3 42 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.3 10 km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.2 44 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.0 27 km WNW of San Antonio, 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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