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M 2.4md

3 km N of Maricao, Puerto Rico

· 24 km deep · released about 110 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Las Marías Municipio, 2 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2921 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 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 99,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.8× 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 18.2135, -66.9848. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Las Marías Municipio, PR 2 km (1 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
San Sebastián Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) S of here earthquakes near San Sebastián Municipio
Lares Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Lares Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande 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. 2.0 3 km WNW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.3 9 km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 3 km NNE of Espino, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.0 5 km S of Magas Arriba, 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. 1.6 12 km NE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.8 6 km W of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 11 km SSE of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.9 6 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.5 3 km N of Sabana Eneas, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.6 1 km SE of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.1 1 km N of Fuig, 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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