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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3md

4 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico

· 10 km deep · released about 82 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Juana Díaz Municipio, 6 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2491 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 82 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 82 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 17.9518, -66.5093. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 6 km (3 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) W of here earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 20 km (13 mi) S of here earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Coamo Municipio, PR 23 km (14 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Coamo Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 25 km (15 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 12 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.8 11 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 11 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.9 13 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 10 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.0 12 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.9 12 km SW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 14 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 12 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 12 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.8 13 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.0 21 km SSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.6 7 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 12 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.4 12 km SW of Potala Pastillo, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.6 on 2019-03-12 — it released about 2,900 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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