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M 2.3md

39 km ESE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico

· 19 km deep · released about 91 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Vieques Municipio, 37 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2896 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 91 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 10× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 91 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 17.9545, -65.1268. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Vieques Municipio, PR 37 km (23 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Vieques Municipio
Culebra Municipio, PR 46 km (28 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Culebra Municipio
Ceiba Municipio, PR 62 km (38 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Ceiba Municipio
Fajardo Municipio, PR 68 km (43 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Fajardo Municipio
Naguabo Municipio, PR 70 km (44 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Naguabo Municipio
Humacao Municipio, PR 73 km (45 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Humacao Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 18 km SSE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.1 23 km SSW of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  3. 2.5 26 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.9 10 km SSE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.4 18 km S of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.0 21 km S of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.2 33 km S of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  8. 2.2 Virgin Islands
  9. 2.2 18 km SSW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  10. 2.3 18 km WNW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
  11. 1.9 24 km S of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.6 29 km ESE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 44 km S of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.2 16 km S of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 30 km SSE of Esperanza, 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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