25 km SW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic

2017-09-14 03:40 UTC · 133 km deep · released about 46 tons of TNT

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: 2017-09-14 03:40 UTC
Magnitude: M 4.3 (md)
Depth: 133 km below the surface
Felt: 13 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest: Mayagüez Municipio, 97 km E
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1512 days ago · we first saw it 1512 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 13 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 46 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 3,700× the energy of this one
Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 170× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 4.3 about 46 tons of TNT
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 95× 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.

Where

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Epicentre 18.2223, -68.7910. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Mayagüez Municipio, PR	97 km (60 mi)	W of here	earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.1 21 km SSE of La Romana, Dominican Republic 08:35 UTC
3.1 5 km NNE of La Romana, Dominican Republic 04:34 UTC
2.9 21 km SW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 23:44 UTC
3.2 Mona Passage 01:51 UTC
3.2 33 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 08:50 UTC
2.3 15 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 18:02 UTC
2.9 25 km E of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 11:52 UTC
2.7 28 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 23:36 UTC
2.8 11 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 05:30 UTC
2.8 27 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 13:11 UTC
3.1 23 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 22:50 UTC
3.4 21 km S of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 00:56 UTC
3.4 11 km WNW of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic 09:20 UTC
2.9 38 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 08:24 UTC
3.5 52 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 04:46 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 13:27 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.6 on 2016-03-20 — it released about 2.6 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
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ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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