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M 1.6md

7 km ESE of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

· 19 km deep · released about 6.6 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Jayuya Municipio, 10 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2744 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 6.6 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 2,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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 18.1458, -66.6503. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Jayuya Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio
Utuado Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Utuado Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) W of here earthquakes near Villalba Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 3 km NE of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.0 3 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.9 6 km NNW of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.7 11 km NE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 4 km SSE of Espino, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 4 km NNW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.8 18 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.6 1 km NW of Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 2 km WSW of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.9 1 km ENE of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.8 3 km SW of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 0 km SW of Lajas, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.7 2 km NNE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.8 2 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.7 3 km S of Las Marías, 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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