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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5Md

27 km SSE of Culebra, Puerto Rico

· 11 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (Md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Vieques Municipio, 29 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3493 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 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 18.0986, -65.1617. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Vieques Municipio, PR 29 km (18 mi) E of here earthquakes near Vieques Municipio
Culebra Municipio, PR 30 km (18 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Culebra Municipio
Ceiba Municipio, PR 51 km (32 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Ceiba Municipio
Fajardo Municipio, PR 55 km (34 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Fajardo Municipio
Naguabo Municipio, PR 62 km (38 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Naguabo Municipio
Luquillo Municipio, PR 65 km (41 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

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

  1. 1.9 19 km SW of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 11 km SSE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 14 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 23 km SW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  5. 1.8 19 km S of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  6. 1.9 10 km S of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.2 7 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 13 km SSW of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 27 km NW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  10. 2.2 19 km SE of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.0 22 km NW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  12. 2.3 21 km S of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 10 km SSE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.6 21 km SSE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  15. 1.8 16 km S of Esperanza, 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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