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M 2.5md

15 km SSW of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Yes. A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 15 km SSW of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, at 3:31 am AST on 1 June 2019 (07:31 UTC), 144 km deep.

· 144 km deep · released about 160 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
144 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mayagüez Municipio, 72 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2636 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. 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 95,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 68,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6× 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.3 on 2019-02-04 — about 17,000 times the energy of this one.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 18.4500, -68.4538. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 72 km (45 mi) SE earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 10 km WSW of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  2. 2.8 34 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  3. 2.9 26 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  4. 2.9 52 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  5. 3.3 6 km WSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  6. 2.8 13 km SW of Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic
  7. 2.9 22 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  8. 2.9 48 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  9. 2.7 57 km SSE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  10. 3.1 7 km SW of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  11. 2.5 36 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  12. 3.3 12 km WNW of Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic
  13. 3.0 9 km ENE of La Romana, Dominican Republic
  14. 2.7 2 km ENE of Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic
  15. 3.1 Mona Passage

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.

On USGS

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