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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5Md

1 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico

· 12 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (Md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Guánica Municipio, 6 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3543 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 17.9740, -66.8740. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Guánica Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 9 km (5 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) S of here earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) E of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 13 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.9 6 km SSW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.8 6 km SSW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.6 3 km W of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 Mona Passage
  6. 1.7 6 km ENE of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 9 km SE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 5 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.6 17 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 1 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.8 1 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.7 1 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.8 7 km NNE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.5 8 km SW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.8 9 km SW of La Parguera, 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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