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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0Md

7 km S of Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico

· 52 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (Md)
Depth
52 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Salinas Municipio, 10 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3731 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 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 17.8878, -66.2328. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Salinas Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Guayama Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Guayama Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Arroyo Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Arroyo Municipio
Cayey Municipio, PR 25 km (16 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Cayey Municipio
Aibonito Municipio, PR 27 km (17 mi) S of here earthquakes near Aibonito Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 14 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.3 6 km N of Yaurel, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.2 6 km N of Yaurel, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.0 5 km NNW of Yaurel, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.0 5 km SSE of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.5 5 km NNW of Yaurel, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.0 5 km SSE of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 20 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.2 12 km SSE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.8 3 km NW of Orocovis, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.5 4 km WSW of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.6 16 km SSE of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.6 3 km SSW of Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.4 11 km SSE of Lamboglia, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 2 km NE of Playita Cortada, 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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