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M 2.2Md

14 km N of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico

· 14 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (Md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Quebradillas Municipio, 15 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3739 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 18.6026, -66.9138. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) N of here earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Camuy Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Camuy Municipio
Hatillo Municipio, PR 22 km (13 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Hatillo Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 28 km (17 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 31 km (19 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Moca Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 39 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.9 0 km SSE of Las Marias, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.7 42 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 9 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.7 1 km WSW of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.7 13 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.6 23 km NNW of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.6 5 km W of Cayuco, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 0 km SW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.5 35 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 47 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.8 3 km SSE of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.8 13 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 3 km SSE of Stella, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.6 12 km S of Lares, 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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