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M 2.1md

22 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico

· 10 km deep · released about 51 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guánica Municipio, 21 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3080 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 51 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 5.8 300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 210,000× 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 51 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 17.7900, -66.8220. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Guánica Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) S of here earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 28 km (17 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 31 km (19 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 33 km (20 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 33 km (21 mi) S of here earthquakes near Yauco Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 3 km SSE of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.0 11 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.7 10 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.6 0 km NNE of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 3 km NNW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.0 5 km SE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.9 Puerto Rico region
  8. 1.9 1 km NW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.4 2 km SSW of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 Puerto Rico region
  11. 1.9 3 km NNE of Río Cañas Abajo, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.6 2 km W of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.8 2 km E of Aguilita, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 14 km SW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 18 km S of La Parguera, 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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