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M 1.8md

4 km NNE of Yauco, Puerto Rico

· 10 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Yauco Municipio, 3 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2893 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 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 970,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 61× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 18.0735, -66.8378. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Yauco Municipio, PR 3 km (2 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 9 km (5 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) E of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Maricao Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 12 km NE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.8 6 km W of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.2 11 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 6 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.5 3 km N of Sabana Eneas, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.6 1 km SE of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 1 km N of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 1 km E of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 3 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.3 9 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.8 13 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 2 km NNE of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 2 km NW of Moca, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.6 13 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.7 5 km WSW of Mayagüez, 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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