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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

16 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico

· 6.0 km deep · released about 37 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
6.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lajas Municipio, 17 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2484 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 37 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 410,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 290,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 26× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 37 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 17.8268, -67.0430. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lajas Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 30 km (19 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 31 km (19 mi) S of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 33 km (20 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 10 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.9 14 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 11 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 5 km SSW of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.4 29 km WSW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 12 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.8 12 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.5 12 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 11 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 11 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 10 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.5 11 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 11 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.9 13 km SSE of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.8 10 km S of Ponce, 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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