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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2Md

94 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico

· 20 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fajardo Municipio 89 kmCulebra Municipio 93 kmLuquillo Municipio 95 kmRío Grande Municipio 98 kmLoíza Municipio 100 kmCeiba Municipio 104 kmCarolina Municipio 106 kmCanóvanas Municipio 107 kmSan Juan Municipio 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (Md)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Fajardo Municipio, 89 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3744 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 19.1571, -65.3595. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Fajardo Municipio, PR 89 km (55 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Fajardo Municipio
Culebra Municipio, PR 93 km (57 mi) N of here earthquakes near Culebra Municipio
Luquillo Municipio, PR 95 km (59 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Luquillo Municipio
Río Grande Municipio, PR 98 km (61 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Río Grande Municipio
Loíza Municipio, PR 100 km (62 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Loíza Municipio
Ceiba Municipio, PR 104 km (65 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Ceiba Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 68 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  2. 2.3 73 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  3. 2.5 83 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  4. 3.2 137 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.4 138 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.9 53 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.7 132 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.8 67 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 134 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 55 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 114 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  12. 2.9 63 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  13. 3.0 113 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.4 126 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  15. 3.1 138 km NNE of Vieques, 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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