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M 1.6md

0 km SE of Maricao, Puerto Rico

· 15 km deep · released about 7.1 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Maricao Municipio, 4 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2836 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 7.1 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 18.1781, -66.9778. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Maricao Municipio, PR 4 km (3 mi) W of here earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 6 km (3 mi) S of here earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NE of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 15 km (10 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Lares Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lares Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 13 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.5 5 km ENE of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.8 6 km NNW of Jayuya, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 0 km NE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.6 11 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 1 km S of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.6 1 km W of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 1 km SW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 0 km NNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.8 7 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 9 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.3 8 km WSW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 7 km NNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.9 3 km SW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.5 6 km NNE of Lluveras, 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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