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M 2.8Md

29 km NNE of Suárez, Puerto Rico

· 39 km deep · released about 480 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (Md)
Depth
39 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Loíza Municipio, 31 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3604 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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 18.6875, -65.7969. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Loíza Municipio, PR 31 km (19 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Loíza Municipio
Río Grande Municipio, PR 35 km (21 mi) N of here earthquakes near Río Grande Municipio
Luquillo Municipio, PR 37 km (23 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Luquillo Municipio
Carolina Municipio, PR 37 km (23 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Carolina Municipio
Fajardo Municipio, PR 40 km (25 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Fajardo Municipio
Canóvanas Municipio, PR 41 km (25 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Canóvanas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.0 23 km NE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.3 27 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.7 31 km NE of Vieques, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 33 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 46 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.0 38 km NNW of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.2 41 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.3 56 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.5 52 km NNE of Suárez, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.8 68 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.7 62 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.5 56 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 31 km NNE of Suárez, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.7 47 km NNW of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.7 63 km N of Loíza, 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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