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M 2.1md

16 km SSE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico

· 4.0 km deep · released about 49 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
4.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Cabo Rojo Municipio, 19 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3134 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 49 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 310,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 220,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 49 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 17.8335, -67.1346. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 32 km (20 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 34 km (21 mi) S of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 34 km (21 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 13 km SW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.9 1 km SE of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 1 km NNE of Sabana Eneas, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 8 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 7 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 0 km W of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 4 km ESE of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.9 4 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 6 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.5 3 km NNW of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.8 3 km WSW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 24 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 7 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.5 8 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.7 6 km E of Hormigueros, 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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