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M 2.4Md

12 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico

· 20 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (Md)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hormigueros Municipio, 17 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3578 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 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 18.1415, -67.2779. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) W of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) S of here earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) W of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 28 km (17 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Aguada Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 1 km NNW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 14 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.8 0 km ENE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.4 8 km WSW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.7 10 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.8 42 km W of Stella, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.0 21 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 2 km NE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.8 4 km NNE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.4 11 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 6 km W of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.2 9 km ESE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.1 3 km SW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.6 3 km ESE of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.3 12 km SSW 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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