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M 1.8md

19 km NNW of Loíza, Puerto Rico

· 67 km deep · released about 13 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
67 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Loíza Municipio, 17 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2729 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 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 810,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 72× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 18.6000, -65.9440. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Loíza Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) N of here earthquakes near Loíza Municipio
Carolina Municipio, PR 23 km (14 mi) N of here earthquakes near Carolina Municipio
San Juan Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Juan Municipio
Cataño Municipio, PR 28 km (17 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Cataño Municipio
Río Grande Municipio, PR 29 km (18 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Río Grande Municipio
Trujillo Alto Municipio, PR 30 km (19 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Trujillo Alto Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 20 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 19 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.7 64 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 2 km ENE of Celada, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 11 km NNW of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 25 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.7 5 km E of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.3 6 km NW of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.7 5 km NNW of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.4 0 km E of Río Lajas, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.1 39 km N of Dorado, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.7 44 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 27 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.8 12 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.7 2 km NNE of Levittown, 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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