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M 2.4md

22 km W of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico

· 10 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Cabo Rojo Municipio, 23 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2925 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 120 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 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 17.9891, -67.3940. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 23 km (14 mi) W of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 34 km (21 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 37 km (23 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 40 km (25 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 42 km (26 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 43 km (27 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Añasco Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 3 km SSW of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.5 3 km WSW of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 3 km WNW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 3 km NNE of Espino, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.9 13 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 10 km S of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.4 1 km SSW of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.7 Mona Passage
  9. 1.8 6 km W of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.5 3 km N of Sabana Eneas, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.6 1 km SE of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.7 22 km W of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 26 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.3 19 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.3 9 km SE of La Parguera, 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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