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M 3.1md

78 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

· 42 km deep · released about 1,400 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 3.1 (md)
Depth
42 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Aguadilla Municipio, 133 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3005 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,400 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 240,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 11,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,700× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,400 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.5× more

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 19.2403, -68.1183. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 133 km (83 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 136 km (84 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 137 km (85 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 143 km (89 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 145 km (90 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 148 km (92 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Añasco Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.0 Mona Passage
  2. 3.1 78 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  3. 3.0 86 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  4. 3.4 84 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  5. 3.3 78 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  6. 3.2 Dominican Republic region
  7. 3.1 117 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  8. 2.7 Dominican Republic region
  9. 2.8 79 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic
  10. 2.8 91 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  11. 2.7 88 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic
  12. 3.2 53 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic
  13. 2.9 114 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  14. 3.2 124 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  15. 3.0 84 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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