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M 2.3md

4 km WSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico

· 8.0 km deep · released about 72 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
8.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guayanilla Municipio, 6 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3351 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 72 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 5.8 210,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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 17.9796, -66.7533. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 6 km (3 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) W of here earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) E of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) S of here earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 6 km NNE of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.7 3 km SSE of Monte Grande, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.8 4 km SSE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 0 km N of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 14 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.9 12 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.4 11 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.6 11 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 20 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.6 0 km WSW of Sabana Eneas, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 18 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 4 km E of Espino, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 12 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 6 km ESE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.0 9 km SE of Indios, 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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