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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

0 km WSW of Sabana Eneas, Puerto Rico

· 15 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Germán Municipio, 6 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3239 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 220 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 68,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 48,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 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 18.0843, -67.0881. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Germán Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) W of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Maricao Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 12 km WNW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 10 km SW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.6 4 km ENE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 4 km ESE of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.4 3 km NNE of Las Marias, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.3 1 km SW of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 2 km W of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.9 2 km N of Juncal, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.6 1 km SSW of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.7 5 km NNE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.0 8 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 2 km WNW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 1 km WSW of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.6 3 km SE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.9 Mona Passage

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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