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M 2.2md

6 km ENE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico

· 19 km deep · released about 67 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lajas Municipio, 5 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3199 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 67 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 160,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 14× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 67 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 18.0038, -66.9971. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lajas Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Hormigueros 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. 2.4 8 km W of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.7 7 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.9 8 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 2 km ESE of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 14 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.2 7 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.2 26 km W of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.8 16 km NNE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 5 km W of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 6 km WSW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 10 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 2 km SW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 10 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.9 1 km SSE of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.7 9 km W of Adjuntas, 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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