80 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Yes. A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 80 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, at 1:49 am AST on 13 May 2018 (05:49 UTC), 28 km deep.

2018-05-13 05:49 UTC · 28 km deep · released about 31 lb of TNT

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When: 2018-05-13 05:49 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.0 (md)
Depth: 28 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Aguadilla Municipio, 115 km SE
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 3017 days ago · we first saw it 3017 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 31 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.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 480,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 31× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.0 about 31 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

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Epicentre 19.1750, -67.9548. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Aguadilla Municipio, PR	115 km (72 mi)	SE	earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR	119 km (74 mi)	SE	earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR	120 km (75 mi)	SE	earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR	125 km (78 mi)	SE	earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR	128 km (79 mi)	SE	earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR	131 km (82 mi)	SE	earthquakes near Añasco Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.9 91 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 18:43 UTC
2.9 114 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 10:19 UTC
3.1 38 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 09:56 UTC
3.3 83 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 09:24 UTC
3.0 97 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 08:19 UTC
3.0 77 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 15:56 UTC
2.8 82 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 01:28 UTC
2.2 95 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 01:06 UTC
3.3 61 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 00:37 UTC
2.7 46 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 06:20 UTC
3.1 107 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 08:25 UTC
3.4 92 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 20:43 UTC
2.9 48 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 15:10 UTC
3.4 96 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 17:11 UTC
3.1 93 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 21:00 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 19:52 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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