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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

5 km SSE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico

· 13 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Arroyo Municipio, 6 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2717 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 7.6 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 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 17.9153, -66.0478. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Arroyo Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) S of here earthquakes near Arroyo Municipio
Patillas Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Patillas Municipio
Guayama Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Guayama Municipio
Maunabo Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Maunabo Municipio
Salinas Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Salinas Municipio
Cayey Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Cayey Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 3 km SSE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.5 1 km NW of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.7 2 km S of Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.5 1 km NNE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.7 24 km SE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 7 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.5 22 km SE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 24 km SSE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 2 km ENE of Celada, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.7 11 km SW of Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.4 12 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.8 27 km SE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.9 5 km SE of La Plena, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.9 11 km SSW of Emajagua, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.0 12 km S of Emajagua, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.6 on 2016-12-05 — it released about 32,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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