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M 1.6md

10 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico

· 14 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guánica Municipio, 7 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2878 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 8.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 17.8866, -66.9473. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Guánica Municipio, PR 7 km (5 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) S of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Germán 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. 2.6 Puerto Rico region
  2. 1.8 23 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.8 9 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.7 3 km NNW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 0 km SSW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 2 km SSE of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.7 5 km E of Lajas, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.9 9 km NNE of Lluveras, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.8 3 km WNW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.9 19 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.7 3 km N of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 8 km NNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 11 km NW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.8 7 km WNW of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.8 7 km SSW of La Playa, 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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