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M 1.5md

3 km S of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico

· 15 km deep · released about 5.7 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lajas Municipio, 5 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3391 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 5.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 18.0061, -67.0730. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lajas Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) E of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 4 km WSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 0 km SSW of Cayuco, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.9 14 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 3 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 17 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.6 10 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 2 km NE of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.6 4 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 9 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.7 1 km SW of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 10 km S of Lares, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.8 5 km NNE of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.5 10 km WSW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.9 5 km SW of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.9 Puerto Rico region

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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