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M 1.9md

14 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico

· 13 km deep · released about 24 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lajas Municipio, 15 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2673 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 24 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 640,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 450,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 40× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 24 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 17.8421, -67.0428. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lajas Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 23 km (14 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 29 km (18 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 30 km (18 mi) S of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 32 km (20 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 2 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.8 3 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.5 2 km NW of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 5 km E of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 2 km N of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.5 1 km NNE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.9 Puerto Rico region
  8. 1.8 2 km WNW of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.8 4 km SE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.9 3 km NNE of Sabana Eneas, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 15 km SW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 5 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.8 6 km SSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.8 1 km NNW of Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.1 3 km S of Monte Grande, 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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