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M 3.2Md

70 km W of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico

· 117 km deep · released about 1,900 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mayagüez Municipio 20 kmCabo Rojo Municipio 72 kmRincón Municipio 80 kmHormigueros Municipio 82 kmLajas Municipio 86 kmAñasco Municipio 87 kmAguada Municipio 88 kmSan Germán Municipio 89 kmMoca Municipio 97 km
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When
Magnitude
M 3.2 (Md)
Depth
117 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mayagüez Municipio, 20 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3448 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2× more

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 17.9060, -67.8507. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 20 km (13 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 72 km (44 mi) W of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 80 km (49 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 82 km (51 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 86 km (54 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 87 km (54 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Añasco Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.2 60 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  2. 2.9 38 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.4 53 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  4. 3.1 75 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  5. 2.8 71 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  6. 2.4 55 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 44 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 26 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.8 25 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.9 58 km W of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.7 56 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  12. 2.9 34 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 45 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.5 70 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.4 75 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic

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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