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M 2.7md

Mona Passage

· 24 km deep · released about 360 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Aguadilla Municipio 85 kmRincón Municipio 86 kmMayagüez Municipio 88 kmAguada Municipio 88 kmIsabela Municipio 97 kmMoca Municipio 97 kmAñasco Municipio 99 kmQuebradillas Municipio 106 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 110 km
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 2.7 (md)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Aguadilla Municipio, 85 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3413 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 360 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 42,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 30,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 360 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 18.8721, -67.8388. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 85 km (53 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 86 km (53 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 88 km (55 mi) N of here earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 88 km (55 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 97 km (60 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 97 km (60 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Moca Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.0 70 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  2. 3.1 56 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 70 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  4. 3.1 45 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.1 46 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.1 38 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  7. 3.4 59 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  8. 3.0 58 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.6 74 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.3 62 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  11. 2.8 46 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.6 68 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.1 75 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  14. 3.1 65 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 81 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

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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