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M 2.0Md

27 km SSE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands

· 15 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Culebra Municipio 66 kmVieques Municipio 74 kmCeiba Municipio 96 kmFajardo Municipio 96 kmNaguabo Municipio 107 kmLuquillo Municipio 108 kmHumacao Municipio 111 kmRío Grande Municipio 117 kmYabucoa Municipio 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (Md)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Culebra Municipio, 66 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3595 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 18.0884, -64.7331. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Culebra Municipio, PR 66 km (41 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Culebra Municipio
Vieques Municipio, PR 74 km (46 mi) E of here earthquakes near Vieques Municipio
Ceiba Municipio, PR 96 km (59 mi) E of here earthquakes near Ceiba Municipio
Fajardo Municipio, PR 96 km (60 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Fajardo Municipio
Naguabo Municipio, PR 107 km (66 mi) E of here earthquakes near Naguabo Municipio
Luquillo Municipio, PR 108 km (67 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

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

  1. 1.9 13 km SSW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  2. 1.8 32 km S of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  3. 2.6 36 km S of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  4. 1.9 23 km SSW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  5. 2.0 24 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  6. 2.3 10 km NNW of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  7. 2.2 23 km SW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  8. 1.8 19 km S of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  9. 2.2 19 km SE of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.4 21 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  11. 3.3 35 km ESE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  12. 1.5 21 km NNW of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  13. 2.6 21 km SSE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  14. 1.9 37 km NW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
  15. 2.0 28 km SSW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

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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