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M 1.5Md

0 km E of San Germán, Puerto Rico

· 22 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (Md)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Germán Municipio, 3 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3571 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 18.0814, -67.0391. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Germán Municipio, PR 3 km (2 mi) S of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) W of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 1 km SSE of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.0 16 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.2 18 km SSE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.8 13 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 13 km SSE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 15 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 11 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 14 km SSE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.8 24 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.9 19 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.6 6 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.6 16 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.7 3 km SE of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.9 3 km SSE of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.1 1 km NNW of Pole Ojea, 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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