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M 2.2md

4 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico

· 9.0 km deep · released about 64 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
9.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lajas Municipio, 4 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3163 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 64 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 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 64 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 17.9461, -67.0221. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lajas Municipio, PR 4 km (3 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 10 km (7 mi) W of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) S of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 23 km (14 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 16 km SSE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 25 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.9 9 km NNE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.0 6 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.5 1 km WSW of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 16 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 3 km SW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.4 16 km SSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.7 10 km SSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.4 13 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 4 km ESE of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.2 28 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.0 24 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.2 5 km SSW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 27 km W of Puerto Real, 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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