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M 1.8md

0 km SE of Fuig, Puerto Rico

· 6.0 km deep · released about 17 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
6.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guánica Municipio, 4 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2851 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 17 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 5.8 870,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 620,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 55× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 17.9848, -66.9121. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Guánica Municipio, PR 4 km (3 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) W of here earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 14 km (8 mi) E of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) SE 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

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

  1. 1.9 2 km SW of Las Ollas, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.9 9 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.9 6 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 8 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.7 7 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 8 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.6 Puerto Rico region
  8. 1.7 6 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 8 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.7 7 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.8 2 km NNE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.6 1 km W of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.8 8 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.9 10 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.8 20 km SSE of Tallaboa, 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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