QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9Md

61 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico

· 37 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Isabela Municipio 63 kmAguadilla Municipio 65 kmQuebradillas Municipio 66 kmCamuy Municipio 70 kmHatillo Municipio 72 kmMoca Municipio 76 kmArecibo Municipio 78 kmAguada Municipio 78 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 81 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (Md)
Depth
37 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Isabela Municipio, 63 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3575 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 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 19.0550, -67.0130. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Isabela Municipio, PR 63 km (39 mi) N of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 65 km (41 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 66 km (41 mi) N of here earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Camuy Municipio, PR 70 km (43 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Camuy Municipio
Hatillo Municipio, PR 72 km (45 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Hatillo Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 76 km (47 mi) N 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. 3.4 78 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.3 93 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.9 102 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.7 39 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.6 37 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.9 70 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.5 28 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.6 67 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.7 34 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.2 79 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.1 51 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.0 49 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.9 51 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.1 19 km N of Camuy, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.0 46 km NW of San Antonio, 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.

On USGS

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.