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M 2.4md

55 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico

Yes. A magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 55 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico, at 2:59 pm AST on 10 May 2017 (18:59 UTC), 12 km deep.

· 12 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mayagüez Municipio, 17 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3470 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 92,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 58 km E of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic · 43 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 39 km E of this epicentre
  3. 5.1 21 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico · 39 km E of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 18.1350, -67.7340. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) WSW earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 56 km (35 mi) ENE earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 60 km (38 mi) ESE earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 64 km (40 mi) ENE earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 65 km (41 mi) E earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 66 km (41 mi) ENE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.0 63 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  2. 4.3 66 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  3. 2.7 27 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.0 68 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  5. 2.8 71 km W of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 33 km W of Stella, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 34 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.6 28 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.6 22 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.4 70 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  11. 2.6 64 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  12. 3.3 61 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  13. 2.3 31 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.5 51 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  15. 2.4 32 km WSW of Stella, 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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