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M 2.0md

1 km W of Guayabal, Puerto Rico

· 18 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Villalba Municipio 7 kmJuana Díaz Municipio 10 kmPonce Municipio 13 kmJayuya Municipio 16 kmCoamo Municipio 17 kmOrocovis Municipio 17 kmSanta Isabel Municipio 20 kmPeñuelas Municipio 23 kmCiales Municipio 24 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Villalba Municipio, 7 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2976 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 33 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 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 18.0815, -66.5141. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Villalba Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Jayuya Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) W of here earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Orocovis Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Orocovis Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 9 km ESE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.6 5 km NE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 Puerto Rico region
  4. 1.7 7 km WSW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.9 5 km ESE of Lares, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 0 km NE of Ciales, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.8 3 km NW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.2 2 km ESE of Parcelas Nuevas, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.6 2 km SE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.6 5 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.9 5 km SW of Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.8 8 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.8 4 km NNW of Sabana, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.8 1 km NW of Naranjito, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.5 2 km ESE of Vega Alta, 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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