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M 2.2Md

73 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

· 30 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Culebra Municipio 75 kmFajardo Municipio 81 kmLuquillo Municipio 91 kmCeiba Municipio 96 kmRío Grande Municipio 97 kmVieques Municipio 100 kmLoíza Municipio 104 kmNaguabo Municipio 106 kmCanóvanas Municipio 107 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (Md)
Depth
30 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Culebra Municipio, 75 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3767 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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.

Where

Epicentre 18.9796, -65.1350. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Culebra Municipio, PR 75 km (47 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Culebra Municipio
Fajardo Municipio, PR 81 km (51 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Fajardo Municipio
Luquillo Municipio, PR 91 km (57 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Luquillo Municipio
Ceiba Municipio, PR 96 km (59 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Ceiba Municipio
Río Grande Municipio, PR 97 km (60 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Río Grande Municipio
Vieques Municipio, PR 100 km (62 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Vieques Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 60 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 97 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  3. 2.2 94 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.0 69 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  5. 2.6 52 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  6. 2.2 61 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  7. 2.0 37 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  8. 2.8 82 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 47 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  10. 2.6 86 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  11. 2.0 106 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  12. 2.2 51 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  13. 2.2 106 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  14. 1.8 72 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.3 69 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands

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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