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M 2.8md

5 km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico

· 118 km deep · released about 430 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
118 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hatillo Municipio, 10 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2388 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 430 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 35,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 25,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 430 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 18.5250, -66.7738. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hatillo Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Hatillo Municipio
Camuy Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Camuy Municipio
Arecibo Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Arecibo Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Barceloneta Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Barceloneta Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) E of here earthquakes near Isabela 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. 2.6 9 km S of Lares, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.1 6 km WNW of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.9 11 km E of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.2 6 km WNW of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.3 14 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.8 6 km E of Espino, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.0 6 km WNW of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.2 5 km SW of Estancias de Florida, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.8 3 km WNW of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.5 4 km WNW of Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.7 2 km SSW of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.0 5 km SE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.1 33 km N of Camuy, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.9 19 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.0 46 km N of Carrizales, 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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