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M 2.4Md

10 km N of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico

· 72 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (Md)
Depth
72 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Quebradillas Municipio, 12 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3557 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 18.5706, -66.9418. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) N of here earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Camuy Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Camuy Municipio
Hatillo Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Hatillo Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Moca Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.9 4 km W of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.7 9 km NNW of Garrochales, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.8 31 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.6 36 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.0 49 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.8 42 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.0 3 km ESE of Luyando, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.3 48 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.9 38 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.7 11 km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 9 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.6 11 km N of Garrochales, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.9 8 km N of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 10 km ESE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.8 Mona Passage

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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