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M 3.2md

Earthquake near Aguadilla, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Aguadilla in the 24 hours to 11:41 pm AST (03:41 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 4 km (3 mi) SE, at 12:03 am AST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Aguadilla

This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 17 km (11 mi) north of Aguadilla, PR, at 7:28 am AST on 20 March 2024 (11:28 UTC), 41 km deep.

USGS: 12 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico

42 km (26 mi) N of Mayagüez, PR · 118 km (73 mi) W of San Juan, PR

7:28 am AST, Mar 20, 2024 · · 41 km deep · released about 1,700 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Aguadilla Municipio 12 kmIsabela Municipio 20 kmAguada Municipio 23 kmMoca Municipio 25 kmRincón Municipio 28 kmQuebradillas Municipio 28 kmAñasco Municipio 33 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 35 kmCamuy Municipio 36 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
7:28 am AST on 20 March 2024 ()
Where
17 km (11 mi) north of Aguadilla, PR · earthquakes near Aguadilla
Magnitude
M 3.2 (md)
Depth
41 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Aguadilla Municipio, 12 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 967 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 18 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Aguadilla, 17 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: Rafael Hernandez 16 km, intensity II · Aguadilla 17 km, intensity II · Isabela 18 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

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 9,100× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 6,500× 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 1.7× 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 since 2016 was M 5.1 on 2019-09-24 — about 710 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.7 45 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 36 km N of this epicentre
  2. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 13 km N of this epicentre
  3. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 23 km W of this epicentre
  4. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 16 km SSW of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 8 km WSW 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 18.5823, -67.1682. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) SSE earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) SE earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 23 km (14 mi) S earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 25 km (15 mi) SSE earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 28 km (18 mi) SSW earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 28 km (18 mi) ESE earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.0 10 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.3 1 km WNW of Aguada, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.0 14 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.6 8 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.3 57 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.0 11 km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.2 36 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.8 54 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.1 37 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.0 36 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.2 16 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.3 42 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.5 16 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.0 14 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.2 7 km SSW of La Playa, 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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