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M 3.0md

126 km SW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico

Yes. A magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 126 km SW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico, at 2:34 am AST on 13 March 2019 (06:34 UTC), 31 km deep.

· 31 km deep · released about 860 lb of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 3.0 (md)
Depth
31 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mayagüez Municipio, 93 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2720 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 860 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 18,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 860 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 17.2825, -68.1326. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 93 km (58 mi) NNE earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 128 km (80 mi) NE earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 139 km (87 mi) NE earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 143 km (89 mi) NE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 148 km (92 mi) NE earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 150 km (93 mi) NE earthquakes near Rincón Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.9 123 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  2. 2.7 115 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  3. 3.8 134 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  4. 3.5 94 km SW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.6 96 km SW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.3 85 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  7. 4.3 102 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.2 90 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.1 95 km SW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.4 83 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.4 90 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.4 89 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.3 99 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  14. 3.6 83 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  15. 3.4 103 km WSW of Pole Ojea, 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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