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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

57 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

· 19 km deep · released about 27 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mayagüez Municipio 103 kmRincón Municipio 112 kmAguadilla Municipio 112 kmAguada Municipio 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mayagüez Municipio, 103 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3104 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 27 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 560,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 35× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 27 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 18.9905, -68.0658. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 103 km (64 mi) N of here earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 112 km (70 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 112 km (70 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 115 km (72 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 124 km (77 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 124 km (77 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Isabela 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. 2.6 47 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic
  2. 3.1 93 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  3. 3.0 100 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  4. 2.5 94 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.0 70 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.4 53 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  7. 3.0 Mona Passage
  8. 3.1 78 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  9. 2.8 78 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.0 86 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  11. 3.4 84 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  12. 3.3 78 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  13. 3.2 Dominican Republic region
  14. 2.7 Dominican Republic region
  15. 2.8 91 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

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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