108 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic

Yes. A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 108 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic at 17:38 UTC on 2019-09-14, 24 km deep.

2019-09-14 17:38 UTC · 24 km deep · released about 350 lb of TNT

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When: 2019-09-14 17:38 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.7 (md)
Depth: 24 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2533 days ago · we first saw it 2533 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. 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 350 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 43,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 31,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.7× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.7 about 350 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 4.7 on 2018-12-07 — about 870 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

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Aftershocks so far

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

3.4 91 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic 07:58 UTC
2.9 84 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 12:35 UTC
2.8 80 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 05:39 UTC
2.6 111 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic 01:22 UTC
2.7 111 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 01:14 UTC
3.4 110 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 23:07 UTC
2.8 120 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic 21:32 UTC
2.4 77 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic 12:39 UTC
2.6 90 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic 06:39 UTC
3.0 86 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 04:31 UTC
2.6 71 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 02:15 UTC
2.3 75 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 01:46 UTC
2.5 132 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 03:16 UTC
2.9 100 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic 03:10 UTC
3.2 133 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 22:52 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 20:27 UTC. 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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