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M 2.1Md

1 km NNE of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

· 23 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (Md)
Depth
23 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hormigueros Municipio, 5 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3459 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 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 18.0963, -67.1425. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) W of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) W of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) S of here earthquakes near Añasco 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. 2.4 0 km N of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 1 km E of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 8 km ESE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 18 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 Mona Passage
  6. 2.2 26 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.5 1 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.7 4 km NW of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.7 6 km W of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.0 2 km NNE of Sabana Eneas, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.0 23 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.8 25 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 11 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 3 km N of Monte Grande, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.0 33 km S 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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