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M 2.4md

Earthquake near Maricao, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Maricao in the 24 hours to 5:25 pm AST (21:25 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 33 km (20 mi) SSE, at 3:45 am AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Maricao

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) west-southwest of Maricao, PR, at 6:51 am AST on 13 December 2023 (10:51 UTC), 19 km deep.

USGS: 6 km WSW of Maricao, Puerto Rico

12 km (7 mi) ESE of Mayagüez, PR · 106 km (66 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR

6:51 am AST, Dec 13, 2023 · · 19 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Germán Municipio 6 kmHormigueros Municipio 9 kmLas Marías Municipio 9 kmMaricao Municipio 11 kmSabana Grande Municipio 13 kmAñasco Municipio 17 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 20 kmLajas Municipio 21 kmYauco Municipio 21 km
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When
6:51 am AST on 13 December 2023 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) west-southwest of Maricao, PR · earthquakes near Maricao
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Germán Municipio, 6 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1064 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Maricao, 6 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: San Germán 9 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 1,000,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 36 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 48 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 26 km N of this epicentre
  4. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 35 km W of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 35 km W 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 18.1652, -67.0362. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
San Germán Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) S earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) WSW earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) NE earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) E earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SE earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) NW earthquakes near Añasco 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. 2.7 2 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.4 3 km NNW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 9 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.4 10 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.6 4 km SW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.8 9 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.2 8 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.6 6 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 2 km S of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.7 11 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 7 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 5 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.1 5 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.3 7 km SE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 1 km WNW 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.

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