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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

79 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

· 12 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Aguadilla Municipio 106 kmRincón Municipio 110 kmAguada Municipio 111 kmMayagüez Municipio 114 kmIsabela Municipio 116 kmMoca Municipio 119 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Aguadilla Municipio, 106 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2941 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 21 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 5.8 730,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 520,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 46× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 19.1121, -67.8963. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 106 km (66 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 110 km (68 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 111 km (69 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 114 km (71 mi) N of here earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 116 km (72 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 119 km (74 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Moca Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.2 78 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.9 91 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.1 54 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  4. 2.9 75 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  5. 2.8 89 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.8 48 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  7. 3.2 Dominican Republic region
  8. 3.3 84 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  9. 2.8 74 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  10. 3.2 77 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  11. 2.6 66 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  12. 3.4 89 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  13. 3.0 113 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  14. 3.1 31 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  15. 3.1 80 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

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 4.0 on 2016-02-13 — it released about 1,500 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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