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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9md

5 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico

· 8.0 km deep · released about 630 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (md)
Depth
8.0 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Nearest
Guayanilla Municipio, 7 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2381 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 630 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 24,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 17,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 630 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 17.9415, -66.8171. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 7 km (5 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) E of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 23 km (14 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Ponce Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 7 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.6 2 km WNW of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.0 6 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 9 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.7 7 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 11 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.5 8 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.5 9 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.3 8 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 9 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 12 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.6 2 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 13 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  14. 1.9 6 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.0 6 km SSE of Guánica, 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 5.8 on 2020-01-06 — it released about 24,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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