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M 2.9md

Earthquake near Rincón, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Rincón in the 24 hours to 5:50 pm AST (21:50 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 53 km (33 mi) NNE, at 9:00 pm AST on 27 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Rincón

This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 23 km (14 mi) west of Rincón, PR, at 5:37 pm AST on 9 September 2024 (21:37 UTC), 16 km deep.

USGS: 22 km W of Rincón, Puerto Rico

36 km (23 mi) WNW of Mayagüez, PR · 148 km (92 mi) W of San Juan, PR

5:37 pm AST, Sep 9, 2024 · · 16 km deep · released about 700 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Rincón Municipio 23 kmAguada Municipio 30 kmAñasco Municipio 35 kmAguadilla Municipio 39 kmMoca Municipio 41 kmHormigueros Municipio 42 kmCabo Rojo Municipio 46 kmSan Germán Municipio 51 kmIsabela Municipio 51 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
5:37 pm AST on 9 September 2024 ()
Where
23 km (14 mi) west of Rincón, PR · earthquakes near Rincón
Magnitude
M 2.9 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Rincón Municipio, 23 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 793 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 28 km (17 mi) from the epicentre. In Rincón, 23 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: Rincón 23 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

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 4.4 on 2017-10-01 — about 170 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 35 km NNE of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 30 km ENE of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 58 km E of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic · 46 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 36 km NE of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 47 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 18.3148, -67.4653. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Rincón Municipio, PR 23 km (14 mi) E earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 30 km (19 mi) ENE earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 35 km (22 mi) E earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 39 km (24 mi) ENE earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 41 km (26 mi) E earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 42 km (26 mi) ESE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 8 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.7 11 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.9 11 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.2 8 km SSW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.6 37 km W of Stella, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.6 14 km WSW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.6 0 km S of Rafael Hernandez, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.1 35 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.8 24 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.4 16 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.8 17 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.5 2 km NE of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.0 19 km W of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.7 66 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  15. 2.8 28 km NW of San Antonio, 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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