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M 1.5md

4 km SSE of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

· 18 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Adjuntas Municipio, 8 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2709 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 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 18.1258, -66.7108. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) N of here earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Utuado Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) S of here earthquakes near Utuado Municipio
Jayuya Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 6 km NNE of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.5 15 km S of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 6 km SE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 3 km ENE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.5 10 km N of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 19 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.8 18 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 1 km NW of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.5 Puerto Rico region
  10. 2.6 1 km SW of Garrochales, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.5 1 km S of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.7 3 km NNE of Río Cañas Abajo, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.6 5 km N of Animas, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.9 6 km SW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.6 5 km ESE of Boquerón, 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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