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M 1.7md

2 km SSE of Cayuco, Puerto Rico

· 15 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Utuado Municipio, 3 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2631 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 18.2678, -66.7290. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Utuado Municipio, PR 3 km (2 mi) W of here earthquakes near Utuado Municipio
Adjuntas Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Adjuntas Municipio
Lares Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) E of here earthquakes near Lares Municipio
Jayuya Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Arecibo Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Arecibo Municipio
Hatillo Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Hatillo 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. 1.9 6 km NW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.6 3 km N of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
  3. 1.8 2 km NNW of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.8 5 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.9 7 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.8 3 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 12 km SSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.7 2 km SSW of H. Rivera Colon, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 2 km SSW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.8 8 km S of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.9 3 km NE of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.5 17 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.1 4 km SW of Añasco, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.5 10 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.1 2 km NW of Galateo, 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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