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M 2.8md

80 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic

Yes. A magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 80 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic, at 10:13 pm AST on 23 December 2019 (02:13 UTC), 26 km deep.

· 26 km deep · released about 450 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mayagüez Municipio 31 kmCabo Rojo Municipio 95 kmRincón Municipio 101 kmHormigueros Municipio 105 kmAguada Municipio 109 kmLajas Municipio 109 kmAñasco Municipio 109 kmSan Germán Municipio 112 kmMoca Municipio 119 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
26 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mayagüez Municipio, 31 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2433 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 6 km (4 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 450 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 34,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 24,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 450 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 4.3 on 2017-06-22 — about 200 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

Epicentre 17.8665, -68.0641. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 31 km (19 mi) NE earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 95 km (59 mi) E earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 101 km (63 mi) ENE earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 105 km (65 mi) ENE earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 109 km (68 mi) ENE earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 109 km (68 mi) E earthquakes near Lajas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.7 66 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  2. 3.4 52 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  3. 3.4 31 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  4. 3.6 45 km SSE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  5. 3.6 39 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  6. 3.1 64 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  7. 2.9 69 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.9 65 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  9. 3.3 64 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  10. 3.9 56 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  11. 3.4 54 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.6 75 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.3 58 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  14. 3.3 55 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.6 40 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic

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.

On USGS

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