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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

2 km NE of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico

· 15 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hormigueros Municipio, 8 km NE
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 33 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 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 18.0888, -67.1736. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) N of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) W of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) W of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 13 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.2 6 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 18 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.6 13 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.5 3 km SSE of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.0 11 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.7 10 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.6 0 km NNE of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.8 3 km NNW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.6 17 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 3 km ESE of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 5 km SE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.9 Puerto Rico region
  14. 1.9 1 km NW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 2 km SSW of Boquerón, 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 4.3 on 2017-10-14 — it released about 2,500 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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