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M 2.6md

4 km ENE of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

· 79 km deep · released about 280 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
79 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Añasco Municipio, 8 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3304 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 280 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 53,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 38,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 280 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 18.2203, -67.1073. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Añasco Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) N of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) W of here earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) S of here earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Maricao Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 8 km SSE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 9 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 22 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.1 4 km NNE of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.7 6 km SE of Espino, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.0 1 km WNW of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 5 km WSW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 7 km WSW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.7 12 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.0 16 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.9 2 km NNW of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 0 km NNW of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.6 27 km NNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.6 7 km W of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.9 4 km WSW of Las Marías, 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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