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M 1.6md

5 km W of Jayuya, Puerto Rico

· 26 km deep · released about 7.8 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
26 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Jayuya Municipio, 6 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2821 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 7.8 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 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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 18.2168, -66.6481. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Jayuya Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) W of here earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Utuado Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Utuado Municipio
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio
Ciales Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Ciales Municipio
Florida Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Florida Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Villalba 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. 2.2 3 km ESE of Espino, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 6 km SW of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.9 7 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.6 8 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.9 1 km SW of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.6 10 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.9 8 km NNE of Animas, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.5 12 km E of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 7 km NNE of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.0 6 km NW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.0 18 km N of Garrochales, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.7 2 km SW of H. Rivera Colon, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.5 7 km ESE of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.5 1 km NE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.6 7 km SSW of Estancias de Florida, 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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