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M 3.0md

Earthquake near Caban, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Caban in the 24 hours to 5:59 pm AST (21:59 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 5 km (3 mi) SSE, at 12:03 am AST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Caban

This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) northwest of Caban, PR, at 2:08 pm AST on 10 May 2024 (18:08 UTC), 25 km deep.

USGS: 7 km NW of Caban, Puerto Rico

32 km (20 mi) N of Mayagüez, PR · 119 km (74 mi) W of San Juan, PR

2:08 pm AST, May 10, 2024 · · 25 km deep · released about 1,100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Aguadilla Municipio 5 kmAguada Municipio 12 kmMoca Municipio 17 kmRincón Municipio 18 kmIsabela Municipio 19 kmAñasco Municipio 23 kmQuebradillas Municipio 28 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 29 kmCamuy Municipio 35 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
2:08 pm AST on 10 May 2024 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) northwest of Caban, PR · earthquakes near Caban
Magnitude
M 3.0 (md)
Depth
25 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Aguadilla Municipio, 5 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 844 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 30 km (19 mi) from the epicentre. In Caban, 8 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: Aguadilla 8 km, intensity II · Aguada 12 km, intensity II · Rafael Hernandez 12 km, intensity II · Rincón 17 km, intensity II · Isabela 18 km, intensity II · Quebradillas 27 km, intensity II · San Sebastián 27 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 13,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 9,400× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 1,100 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 4.3 on 2019-09-05 — about 75 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 · 47 km N of this epicentre
  2. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 24 km N of this epicentre
  3. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 25 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 6 km SSW of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 8 km NNW 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 18.4863, -67.1910. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) E earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) S earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) SE earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) SSW earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) E earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 23 km (14 mi) SSE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 4 km WNW of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.3 41 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.0 33 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.8 5 km ENE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.8 7 km S of Lares, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.9 36 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.9 16 km N of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.9 3 km W of Stella, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 9 km NNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.7 8 km NNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.4 8 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.3 15 km SSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.8 9 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.3 5 km SE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.4 16 km NW of Rincón, 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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