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M 3.1md

85 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Yes. A magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded 85 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, at 10:58 pm AST on 24 June 2017 (02:58 UTC), 21 km deep.

· 21 km deep · released about 1,400 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Aguadilla Municipio 110 kmRincón Municipio 115 kmAguada Municipio 116 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 3.1 (md)
Depth
21 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Aguadilla Municipio, 110 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3333 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 37 km (23 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 1,400 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 10,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,400× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,400 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.5× more

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

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.0 on 2016-02-13 — about 21 times the energy of this one.

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 19.1741, -67.8908. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 110 km (68 mi) SE earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 115 km (71 mi) SE earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 116 km (72 mi) SE earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 120 km (75 mi) SE earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 123 km (76 mi) SE earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 127 km (79 mi) SE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.1 117 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  2. 2.6 92 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  3. 3.1 69 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.8 90 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  5. 3.0 106 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  6. 3.2 53 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  7. 2.8 42 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  8. 2.7 45 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  9. 2.4 Mona Passage
  10. 2.7 108 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.9 81 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.1 100 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.0 92 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.0 99 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  15. 2.3 71 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.

On USGS

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