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M 2.6md

3 km WSW of Ciales, Puerto Rico

· 74 km deep · released about 260 lb of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
74 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ciales Municipio, 4 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2679 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 260 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 59,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 42,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 260 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 18.3241, -66.5008. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ciales Municipio, PR 4 km (2 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Ciales Municipio
Florida Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Florida Municipio
Morovis Municipio, PR 9 km (5 mi) W of here earthquakes near Morovis Municipio
Manatí Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) S of here earthquakes near Manatí Municipio
Orocovis Municipio, PR 14 km (8 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Orocovis Municipio
Jayuya Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 1 km NW of Jauca, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.3 10 km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.7 2 km S of Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 Puerto Rico region
  5. 1.9 4 km SE of Piedra Gorda, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 5 km E of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.8 7 km NNW of Villalba, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 9 km NW of Camuy, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 16 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.8 4 km NE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.0 17 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.6 11 km NNE of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.6 3 km W of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.8 11 km NNW of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.5 6 km NNE of Lluveras, 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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