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M 1.6md

Earthquake near Mariano Colón, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Mariano Colón in the 24 hours to 4:29 pm AST (20:29 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, in Mariano Colón, at 5:05 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Mariano Colón

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) west of Mariano Colón, PR, at 1:10 pm AST on 13 June 2024 (17:10 UTC), 12 km deep.

USGS: 2 km W of Mariano Colón, Puerto Rico

53 km (33 mi) SW of San Juan, PR · 28 km (18 mi) E of Ponce, PR

1:10 pm AST, Jun 13, 2024 · · 12 km deep · released about 9 lb of TNT

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When
1:10 pm AST on 13 June 2024 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) west of Mariano Colón, PR · earthquakes near Mariano Colón
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Santa Isabel Municipio, 8 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 881 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Mariano Colón, 3 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: Parcelas Peñuelas, El Ojo, Las Ochenta, Jauca, Los Llanos, Coamo.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 9 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 13,000,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 35 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 18.0215, -66.3570. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SSW earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) N earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) ESE earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) W earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Aibonito Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NE earthquakes near Aibonito Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) NW earthquakes near Villalba Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 3 km SW of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.6 4 km WNW of Orocovis, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 11 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.3 6 km WSW of Estancias de Florida, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.5 6 km NE of Tallaboa Alta, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 3 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.5 5 km S of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 9 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.0 1 km NNE of Manatí, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.6 4 km SE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.6 4 km ESE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.9 26 km SSE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 3 km WNW of Orocovis, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.7 5 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.5 11 km S of Salinas, 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.

On USGS

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