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M 4.7md

101 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

· 10 km deep · released about 150 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.7 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Aguadilla Municipio, 138 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2780 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 150 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 1,100× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 50× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 35× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.7 about 150 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 320× more

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 19.4196, -68.0036. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 138 km (86 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 144 km (90 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 147 km (91 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 151 km (94 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 155 km (96 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Camuy Municipio, PR 162 km (100 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Camuy Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.7 86 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  2. 2.7 92 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic
  3. 3.2 115 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  4. 3.2 100 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  5. 3.0 143 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  6. 3.2 81 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  7. 3.2 93 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  8. 3.2 102 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  9. 2.9 88 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic
  10. 3.3 105 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic
  11. 2.6 80 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  12. 3.2 Dominican Republic region
  13. 3.1 100 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic
  14. 2.8 111 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  15. 2.7 79 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic

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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