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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1Md

46 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

· 33 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Culebra Municipio 56 kmFajardo Municipio 72 kmVieques Municipio 82 kmCeiba Municipio 84 kmLuquillo Municipio 84 kmRío Grande Municipio 92 kmNaguabo Municipio 96 kmCanóvanas Municipio 102 kmLoíza Municipio 103 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (Md)
Depth
33 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Culebra Municipio, 56 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3452 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 18.7518, -65.0231. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Culebra Municipio, PR 56 km (35 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Culebra Municipio
Fajardo Municipio, PR 72 km (45 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Fajardo Municipio
Vieques Municipio, PR 82 km (51 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Vieques Municipio
Ceiba Municipio, PR 84 km (52 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Ceiba Municipio
Luquillo Municipio, PR 84 km (52 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Luquillo Municipio
Río Grande Municipio, PR 92 km (57 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Río Grande Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 85 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  2. 3.1 75 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  3. 2.3 84 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  4. 3.4 80 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  5. 2.5 81 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  6. 2.5 85 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  7. 2.2 83 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  8. 2.5 77 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  9. 2.1 80 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  10. 2.5 82 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  11. 1.9 60 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  12. 3.4 89 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  13. 2.1 86 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  14. 2.8 92 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  15. 2.4 21 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands

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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.3 on 2016-09-04 — it released about 2,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

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