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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9md

117 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico

· 40 km deep · released about 700 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (md)
Depth
40 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Isabela Municipio, 120 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2402 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 700 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 15,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 700 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 19.5576, -67.1081. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Isabela Municipio, PR 120 km (74 mi) N of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 120 km (74 mi) N of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.8 76 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.9 105 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.8 93 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.0 91 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.1 90 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.9 101 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.0 80 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.2 95 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.9 104 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.7 81 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.5 88 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.6 95 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.7 88 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.0 94 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.8 89 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.4 on 2019-09-24 — it released about 170 times the energy of this one.

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

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