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M 1.9md

5 km SSW of Maricao, Puerto Rico

· 22 km deep · released about 20 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Germán Municipio, 5 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2739 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 20 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 760,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 540,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 48× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 20 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 18.1361, -66.9973. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Germán Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) NE of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) E of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Yauco Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 4 km SW of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.8 2 km WNW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.6 15 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.5 1 km WSW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 18 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.0 16 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 15 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 6 km NNE of Sabana Eneas, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 8 km SW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 3 km NE of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.9 1 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.6 26 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 12 km SW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.8 15 km WSW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 19 km W of Puerto Real, 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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