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M 2.8md

113 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico

Yes. A magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 113 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico, at 2:46 pm AST on 10 November 2017 (18:46 UTC), 32 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

· 32 km deep · released about 420 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Isabela Municipio 115 kmQuebradillas Municipio 117 kmAguadilla Municipio 118 kmCamuy Municipio 119 kmHatillo Municipio 119 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 2.8 (md)
Depth
32 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Isabela Municipio, 115 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1557 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. 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 420 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 36,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 26,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 420 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.7 on 2017-07-17 — about 710 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.0 93 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 48 km WSW of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 81 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico · 32 km S of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 78 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico · 45 km SSE of this epicentre
  4. 5.7 88 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 47 km SW of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 68 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico · 48 km SSE of this epicentre

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 19.5130, -66.8761. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Isabela Municipio, PR 115 km (72 mi) S earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 117 km (72 mi) S earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 118 km (73 mi) SSW earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Camuy Municipio, PR 119 km (74 mi) S earthquakes near Camuy Municipio
Hatillo Municipio, PR 119 km (74 mi) S earthquakes near Hatillo Municipio
Barceloneta Municipio, PR 121 km (75 mi) SSE earthquakes near Barceloneta Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.0 91 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.5 82 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.0 66 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.1 127 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.2 80 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.6 113 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.1 82 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.1 88 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.1 100 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.9 67 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.1 100 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.2 93 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.1 86 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.1 88 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.3 75 km N of Isabela, 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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