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M 2.4md

26 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico

· 17 km deep · released about 110 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ponce Municipio, 26 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3383 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 110 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 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 99,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 110 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 17.7683, -66.6125. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ponce Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) S of here earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 29 km (18 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 31 km (19 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 31 km (20 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 33 km (20 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 38 km (24 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 1 km ENE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.9 22 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.7 7 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.6 6 km NNE of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 8 km NNW of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.8 7 km NNW of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.8 6 km NNW of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 16 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 7 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.7 2 km ESE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 4 km WSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.9 14 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.1 11 km S of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.6 13 km S of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.9 3 km SE of La Parguera, 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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