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M 2.3md

58 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

· 24 km deep · released about 79 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mayagüez Municipio 107 kmAguadilla Municipio 118 kmRincón Municipio 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mayagüez Municipio, 107 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3099 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 79 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 190,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 79 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 19.0258, -68.1038. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 107 km (67 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 118 km (73 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 118 km (73 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 121 km (75 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 130 km (81 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 130 km (81 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Moca Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.4 92 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  2. 2.9 48 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  3. 3.4 96 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  4. 2.6 47 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic
  5. 3.1 93 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  6. 3.0 100 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  7. 2.5 94 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.0 70 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.4 53 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  10. 3.0 Mona Passage
  11. 3.1 78 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  12. 2.8 78 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.0 86 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  14. 3.4 84 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  15. 3.3 78 km NNE 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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