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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

3 km NNE of Río Cañas Abajo, Puerto Rico

· 12 km deep · released about 19 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Villalba Municipio, 7 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3059 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 19 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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 18.0711, -66.4561. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Villalba Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Orocovis Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) S of here earthquakes near Orocovis Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Ponce Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 2 km S of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.4 1 km SSW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.6 2 km SSW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 1 km SSE of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.7 20 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.8 19 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 8 km NNE of Jayuya, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.4 3 km N of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 11 km SSE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 1 km NE of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.8 5 km SE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 6 km NE of Comerío, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 2 km SSW of Bayamón, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 4 km S of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.3 3 km SE of Magas Arriba, 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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