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M 2.9md

Earthquake near Jayuya, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Jayuya in the 24 hours to 12:32 am AST (04:32 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 43 km (27 mi) SSE, at 8:40 am AST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Jayuya

This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) east of Jayuya, PR, at 1:45 pm AST on 7 March 2024 (17:45 UTC), 74 km deep.

USGS: 4 km E of Jayuya, Puerto Rico

55 km (34 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR · 25 km (16 mi) NNE of Ponce, PR

1:45 pm AST, Mar 7, 2024 · · 74 km deep · released about 700 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Jayuya Municipio 4 kmCiales Municipio 10 kmOrocovis Municipio 12 kmVillalba Municipio 12 kmFlorida Municipio 17 kmUtuado Municipio 17 kmMorovis Municipio 18 kmAdjuntas Municipio 23 kmCoamo Municipio 24 km
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When
1:45 pm AST on 7 March 2024 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) east of Jayuya, PR · earthquakes near Jayuya
Magnitude
M 2.9 (md)
Depth
74 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Jayuya Municipio, 4 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 910 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 Jayuya, 5 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: Villalba, Guayabal, Ciales, Florida, Estancias de Florida, Utuado.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 700 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 15,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 700 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 170,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 12 km N of Garrochales, Puerto Rico · 39 km N of this epicentre
  2. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 44 km E of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 39 km NE 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 18.2153, -66.5480. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Jayuya Municipio, PR 4 km (3 mi) W earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Ciales Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NNE earthquakes near Ciales Municipio
Orocovis Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) E earthquakes near Orocovis Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) SE earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Florida Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) N earthquakes near Florida Municipio
Utuado Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) WNW earthquakes near Utuado Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 2 km WNW of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.3 5 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 0 km NNE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 3 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.1 11 km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.1 8 km NNW of Sabana, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.1 0 km N of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.6 3 km SE of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.2 10 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.8 3 km NW of Orocovis, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 5 km WSW of Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 5 km SSE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 3 km N of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.3 6 km SSE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 2 km SW 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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