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M 2.5md

49 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Yes. A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 49 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, at 4:21 am AST on 17 May 2019 (08:21 UTC), 13 km deep.

· 13 km deep · released about 160 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mayagüez Municipio, 109 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2735 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 18 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 160 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 92,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 65,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 160 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 19.0043, -68.2433. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 109 km (68 mi) SSE earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 128 km (80 mi) SE earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 130 km (81 mi) ESE earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 132 km (82 mi) ESE earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 142 km (88 mi) SE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 153 km (95 mi) SE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.9 82 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  2. 2.6 27 km N of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic
  3. 2.8 86 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  4. 3.0 97 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  5. 2.5 88 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  6. 2.9 80 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  7. 3.1 86 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  8. 3.0 42 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  9. 3.0 82 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  10. 3.2 72 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  11. 2.4 49 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic
  12. 2.8 72 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic
  13. 3.3 25 km NNW of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  14. 3.3 51 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  15. 2.8 66 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic

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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