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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.7md

35 km NNE of Culebra, Puerto Rico

· 71 km deep · released about 330 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.7 (md)
Depth
71 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Culebra Municipio, 34 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2951 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 330 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 46,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 33,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 330 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 18.6121, -65.2041. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Culebra Municipio, PR 34 km (21 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Culebra Municipio
Fajardo Municipio, PR 48 km (30 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Fajardo Municipio
Vieques Municipio, PR 59 km (37 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Vieques Municipio
Ceiba Municipio, PR 59 km (37 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Ceiba Municipio
Luquillo Municipio, PR 60 km (37 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Luquillo Municipio
Río Grande Municipio, PR 68 km (42 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Río Grande Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.9 37 km NNE of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.8 76 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.2 66 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  4. 3.8 55 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  5. 2.7 68 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.1 61 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.5 73 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.8 73 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.8 71 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  10. 2.3 57 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.6 Puerto Rico region
  12. 2.4 13 km NE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.3 61 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.3 81 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.5 65 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

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 4.2 on 2018-01-07 — it released about 180 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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