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M 2.8md

Earthquake near Naranjito, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Naranjito in the 24 hours to 10:49 pm AST (02:49 UTC). The last one was M 4.8, 84 km (52 mi) WSW, at 9:19 am AST on 18 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 86 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Naranjito

This page: a magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded in Naranjito, PR, at 7:41 am AST on 3 October 2024 (11:41 UTC), 14 km deep.

USGS: 1 km SE of Naranjito, Puerto Rico

22 km (14 mi) SW of San Juan, PR · 13 km (8 mi) SW of Bayamón, PR

7:41 am AST, Oct 3, 2024 · · 14 km deep · released about 490 lb of TNT

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When
7:41 am AST on 3 October 2024 ()
Where
in Naranjito, PR · earthquakes near Naranjito
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Naranjito Municipio, 2 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 770 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 24 km (15 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Corozal 10 km, intensity II · Sumidero 14 km, intensity II · Bayamón 15 km, intensity II · Guaynabo 15 km, intensity II · Levittown 19 km, intensity II · San Antonio 19 km, intensity II · Dorado 19 km, intensity II · Caguas 21 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 490 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 31,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 490 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 2019-03-12 — about 480 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 12 km N of Garrochales, Puerto Rico · 46 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 5.1 3 km W of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · 11 km ESE of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 3 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico · 26 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 18.2888, -66.2362. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Naranjito Municipio, PR 2 km (1 mi) W earthquakes near Naranjito Municipio
Comerío Municipio, PR 7 km (5 mi) SSE earthquakes near Comerío Municipio
Toa Alta Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) N earthquakes near Toa Alta Municipio
Corozal Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) W earthquakes near Corozal Municipio
Bayamón Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NE earthquakes near Bayamón Municipio
Aguas Buenas Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) ESE earthquakes near Aguas Buenas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 4 km NNW of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.5 5 km NNW of Jagual, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.3 2 km NNW of La Luisa, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.8 4 km NNW of Yaurel, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.2 10 km NNW of Garrochales, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.8 0 km SW of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.2 2 km WSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.8 16 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.2 3 km SE of Bartolo, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.9 9 km NNE of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 8 km SSW of Orocovis, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.5 5 km WSW of Ciales, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 6 km NW of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.8 6 km WNW of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 7 km NW of Palomas, 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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