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M 2.4md

Earthquake near Fuig, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Fuig in the 24 hours to 1:36 pm AST (17:36 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 14 km (8 mi) ENE, at 4:39 pm AST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Fuig

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) southwest of Fuig, PR, at 4:49 pm AST on 11 December 2024 (20:49 UTC), 10 km deep.

USGS: 4 km SW of Fuig, Puerto Rico

35 km (22 mi) W of Ponce, PR · 33 km (21 mi) SE of Mayagüez, PR

4:49 pm AST, Dec 11, 2024 · · 10 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Guánica Municipio 3 kmLajas Municipio 10 kmSabana Grande Municipio 13 kmGuayanilla Municipio 17 kmYauco Municipio 17 kmSan Germán Municipio 19 kmMaricao Municipio 23 kmPeñuelas Municipio 25 kmCabo Rojo Municipio 25 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
4:49 pm AST on 11 December 2024 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) southwest of Fuig, PR · earthquakes near Fuig
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guánica Municipio, 3 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 700 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 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Fuig, 5 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 13 km, intensity II · San Germán 17 km, intensity II · Guayanilla 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 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 86,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 970,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 17.9632, -66.9500. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Guánica Municipio, PR 3 km (2 mi) ESE earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) W earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) N earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) ENE earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) NE earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) NNW earthquakes near San Germán Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 2 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.9 3 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 6 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 4 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 3 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 3 km SW of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.0 19 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 3 km NE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 5 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.1 3 km NW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 2 km W of Indios, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.5 4 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 3 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.3 3 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 0 km WNW of Guánica, 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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