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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.0md

42 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

· 9.0 km deep · released about 1,100 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 3.0 (md)
Depth
9.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Aguadilla Municipio, 40 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3347 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 14,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 10,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 1,100 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 18.6936, -67.4451. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 40 km (25 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 44 km (28 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 45 km (28 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 51 km (32 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 52 km (32 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 56 km (35 mi) NW 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. 3.0 58 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.3 41 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.1 48 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.8 35 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.7 67 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.6 74 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.3 62 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  8. 2.1 32 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.8 46 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.0 12 km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.6 68 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.1 65 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.7 27 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.4 41 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.8 40 km NNW of San Antonio, 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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