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M 2.4md

4 km SSE of Lajas, Puerto Rico

· 53 km deep · released about 110 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
53 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lajas Municipio, 4 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2981 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 110 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 95,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 110 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 18.0170, -67.0393. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lajas Municipio, PR 4 km (3 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) S of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) E of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 15 km (10 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 2 km SE of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.9 0 km SSW of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 4 km WSW of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.7 2 km NNE of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.6 11 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 1 km W of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.5 3 km NW of Las Marias, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 4 km SSW of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.6 4 km SSW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 3 km N of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.0 1 km NNE of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 2 km NW of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.7 4 km ESE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.9 4 km SE of Lajas, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 1 km SSE of Adjuntas, 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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