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M 2.3md

Earthquake near Lamboglia, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Lamboglia in the last 24 hours. M 2.9, 31 km (19 mi) ESE of Lamboglia, at 5:20 pm AST on 11 November 2026 (21:20 UTC); the estimated shaking in Lamboglia was intensity II (weak). 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS. Every earthquake near Lamboglia

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) south-southeast of Lamboglia, PR, at 3:06 pm AST on 24 September 2024 (19:06 UTC), 12 km deep.

USGS: 10 km SSE of Lamboglia, Puerto Rico

58 km (36 mi) SSE of San Juan, PR · 38 km (24 mi) SSE of Caguas, PR

3:06 pm AST, Sep 24, 2024 · · 12 km deep · released about 82 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Lamboglia Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Patillas Municipio 12 kmArroyo Municipio 13 kmMaunabo Municipio 13 kmYabucoa Municipio 21 kmGuayama Municipio 21 kmSan Lorenzo Municipio 28 kmCayey Municipio 31 kmHumacao Municipio 32 kmLas Piedras Municipio 33 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
3:06 pm AST on 24 September 2024 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) south-southeast of Lamboglia, PR · earthquakes near Lamboglia
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Patillas Municipio, 12 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 778 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. In Lamboglia, 10 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: Emajagua 14 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 82 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 82 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 4.6 on 2016-12-05 — about 2,900 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 · 45 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 17.8962, -65.9527. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Patillas Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) NNW earthquakes near Patillas Municipio
Arroyo Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NW earthquakes near Arroyo Municipio
Maunabo Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NNE earthquakes near Maunabo Municipio
Yabucoa Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) NNE earthquakes near Yabucoa Municipio
Guayama Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) WNW earthquakes near Guayama Municipio
San Lorenzo Municipio, PR 28 km (17 mi) N earthquakes near San Lorenzo Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 2 km NNW of Coco, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.4 18 km S of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 1 km NW of El Ojo, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 3 km WNW of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 1 km WSW of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.2 20 km SE of El Negro, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 8 km S of Lamboglia, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 1 km ESE of Parcelas La Milagrosa, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.5 4 km ESE of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 1 km SSW of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 1 km NW of Humacao, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.4 4 km SE of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.8 4 km WNW of Candelero Arriba, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.3 4 km SSE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.0 3 km E of Santa Clara, 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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