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M 2.0md

5 km WSW of Rafael Gonzalez, Puerto Rico

· 81 km deep · released about 29 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
81 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hatillo Municipio, 5 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2622 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 29 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 520,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 370,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 33× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 29 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 18.4090, -66.8315. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hatillo Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Hatillo Municipio
Camuy Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Camuy Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Lares Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lares Municipio
Arecibo Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) W of here earthquakes near Arecibo Municipio
San Sebastián Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near San Sebastián Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 8 km W of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.0 2 km S of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.5 24 km NNE of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 1 km ENE of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 2 km WNW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.8 7 km SW of Jayuya, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.7 38 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.5 4 km E of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.0 30 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  10. 1.9 Puerto Rico region
  11. 2.2 8 km WSW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.8 9 km ENE of Jayuya, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.5 2 km NNE of Caban, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.8 3 km NW of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.0 26 km NNW of San Antonio, 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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