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M 2.0md

3 km E of Naranjito, Puerto Rico

· 53 km deep · released about 27 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
53 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Naranjito Municipio, 5 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2764 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 27 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 560,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 35× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 27 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 18.2980, -66.2093. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Naranjito Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) E of here earthquakes near Naranjito Municipio
Bayamón Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Bayamón Municipio
Comerío Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) N of here earthquakes near Comerío Municipio
Toa Alta Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Toa Alta Municipio
Aguas Buenas Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Aguas Buenas Municipio
Guaynabo Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Guaynabo Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 0 km S of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.8 1 km WSW of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.7 0 km NNW of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.6 2 km E of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.7 3 km SE of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.7 8 km SSW of Arroyo, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.7 2 km N of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.6 1 km ENE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.7 1 km SSW of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.7 1 km NE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.6 0 km E of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 0 km ESE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.8 1 km E of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.6 3 km E of La Plena, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.6 3 km E of La Plena, 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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