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M 2.1Md

24 km S of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

· 13 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (Md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Culebra Municipio, 44 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3735 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 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 18.1222, -64.9533. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Culebra Municipio, PR 44 km (27 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Culebra Municipio
Vieques Municipio, PR 51 km (31 mi) E of here earthquakes near Vieques Municipio
Ceiba Municipio, PR 72 km (45 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Ceiba Municipio
Fajardo Municipio, PR 73 km (45 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Fajardo Municipio
Naguabo Municipio, PR 83 km (52 mi) E of here earthquakes near Naguabo Municipio
Luquillo Municipio, PR 84 km (52 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Luquillo 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. 2.4 12 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.6 15 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.0 13 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 11 km ESE of Isabel Segunda, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.0 33 km SE of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.7 19 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  7. 2.9 12 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.8 13 km ENE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  9. 2.6 Puerto Rico region
  10. 1.8 8 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.9 22 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  12. 2.4 24 km NW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  13. 2.0 22 km E of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  14. 3.0 21 km ENE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  15. 1.5 9 km SE of Esperanza, 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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