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M 2.7md

Earthquake near Pole Ojea, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Pole Ojea in the 24 hours to 1:00 pm AST (17:00 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 8 km (5 mi) ENE, at 11:57 pm AST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Pole Ojea

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 12 km (7 mi) west-southwest of Pole Ojea, PR, at 11:59 am AST on 23 October 2024 (15:59 UTC), 5.5 km deep.

USGS: 11 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico

32 km (20 mi) SSW of Mayagüez, PR · 139 km (86 mi) WSW of San Juan, PR

11:59 am AST, Oct 23, 2024 · · 5.5 km deep · released about 290 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cabo Rojo Municipio 13 kmLajas Municipio 27 kmHormigueros Municipio 27 kmSan Germán Municipio 32 kmGuánica Municipio 39 kmSabana Grande Municipio 39 kmAñasco Municipio 41 kmRincón Municipio 43 kmMaricao Municipio 45 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
11:59 am AST on 23 October 2024 ()
Where
12 km (7 mi) west-southwest of Pole Ojea, PR · earthquakes near Pole Ojea
Magnitude
M 2.7 (md)
Depth
5.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Cabo Rojo Municipio, 13 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 749 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. In Pole Ojea, 12 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Pole Ojea 12 km, intensity III · Puerto Real 18 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 290 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 51,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 36,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 290 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 5.9 on 2020-01-11 — about 72,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 27 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, 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 17.9532, -67.2927. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) ENE earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 27 km (17 mi) E earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 27 km (17 mi) NE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 32 km (20 mi) ENE earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 39 km (24 mi) E earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 39 km (24 mi) ENE earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 1 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.6 3 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 0 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 1 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.7 2 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.4 3 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 4 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 4 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 7 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.5 5 km NW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.1 44 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 4 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.1 2 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.4 1 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 1 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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