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M 2.3md

45 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico

· 52 km deep · released about 88 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
52 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Dorado Municipio, 45 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3399 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 88 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 88 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 18.8798, -66.2910. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Dorado Municipio, PR 45 km (28 mi) N of here earthquakes near Dorado Municipio
Toa Baja Municipio, PR 48 km (30 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Toa Baja Municipio
Vega Baja Municipio, PR 49 km (30 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Vega Baja Municipio
Vega Alta Municipio, PR 50 km (31 mi) N of here earthquakes near Vega Alta Municipio
Cataño Municipio, PR 51 km (31 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Cataño Municipio
Manatí Municipio, PR 53 km (33 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Manatí Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.1 24 km NNW of Loíza, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.3 51 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.8 3 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.4 29 km N of Dorado, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.6 21 km NNE of Dorado, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.7 48 km N of Loíza, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.7 20 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.7 51 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.2 26 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.8 33 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.4 62 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.0 71 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.9 66 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.9 69 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.0 67 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, 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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