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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

5 km SSE of Jobos, Puerto Rico

· 25 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
25 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guayama Municipio, 8 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3084 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 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 17.9053, -66.1486. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Guayama Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) S of here earthquakes near Guayama Municipio
Arroyo Municipio, PR 14 km (8 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Arroyo Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Patillas Municipio, PR 20 km (13 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Patillas Municipio
Cayey Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) S of here earthquakes near Cayey Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 3 km S of Palo Seco, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.7 8 km SSW of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.7 10 km S of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 7 km SE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 7 km SE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.6 2 km WSW of Coamo, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.8 5 km S of Palmas, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.9 3 km N of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.7 6 km SE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.8 6 km SSW of Lamboglia, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.9 3 km NNE of Río Cañas Abajo, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.6 2 km W of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.4 8 km SSE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.8 2 km E of Aguilita, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 5 km SE of Arroyo, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.6 on 2016-12-05 — it released about 38,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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