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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

2 km N of Yaurel, Puerto Rico

· 7.0 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Arroyo Municipio, 9 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3062 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 30 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 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 18.0488, -66.0571. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Arroyo Municipio, PR 9 km (5 mi) N of here earthquakes near Arroyo Municipio
Patillas Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Patillas Municipio
Cayey Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Cayey Municipio
Guayama Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Guayama Municipio
San Lorenzo Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) SW of here earthquakes near San Lorenzo Municipio
Cidra Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Cidra Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 4 km NNE of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.5 0 km NNW of Buena Vista, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.9 5 km ENE of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 6 km SSW of Lamboglia, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.9 11 km SSE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.8 5 km SE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 6 km NE of Comerío, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.9 9 km S of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 2 km SSW of Bayamón, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.0 4 km S of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.7 3 km ESE of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.6 6 km NE of Comerío, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.5 0 km ENE of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 1 km E of Parcelas Nuevas, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 3 km NNW of Orocovis, 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 7,900 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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