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Earthquake near Liborio Negron Torres, PR

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Liborio Negron Torres in the last 24 hours. M 2.4, 12 km (7 mi) S of Liborio Negron Torres, at 3:43 pm AST on 11 November 2026 (19:43 UTC); the estimated shaking in Liborio Negron Torres was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Liborio Negron Torres

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) northeast of Liborio Negron Torres, PR, at 2:13 am AST on 22 October 2024 (06:13 UTC), 3.9 km deep.

USGS: 2 km NE of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico

33 km (20 mi) WNW of Ponce, PR · 28 km (17 mi) ESE of Mayagüez, PR

2:13 am AST, Oct 22, 2024 · · 3.9 km deep · released about 35 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sabana Grande Municipio 3 kmYauco Municipio 7 kmMaricao Municipio 12 kmGuánica Municipio 13 kmSan Germán Municipio 13 kmGuayanilla Municipio 15 kmLajas Municipio 15 kmLas Marías Municipio 19 kmPeñuelas Municipio 21 km
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When
2:13 am AST on 22 October 2024 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) northeast of Liborio Negron Torres, PR · earthquakes near Liborio Negron Torres
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
3.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sabana Grande Municipio, 3 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 751 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 Liborio Negron Torres, 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.

Likely felt in: Yauco 8 km, intensity II · San Germán 13 km, intensity II · Guayanilla 15 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 35 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 440,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 310,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 28× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 35 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 3,500,000 times the energy of this one.

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

  1. 5.8 4 km E of Moca, Puerto Rico · 40 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 49 km WNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 49 km WNW 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 18.0633, -66.9240. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 3 km (2 mi) NW earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 7 km (5 mi) ENE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) N earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) S earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) WNW earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) ESE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 4 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.8 1 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 2 km ENE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 2 km N of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.2 3 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.4 8 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.4 2 km WNW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.4 2 km WNW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.3 2 km SW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 3 km E of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.2 2 km NW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.4 16 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.8 2 km WNW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 5 km SSW of Indios, 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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