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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.2md

74 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

· 11 km deep · released about 2,000 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Aguadilla Municipio 94 kmRincón Municipio 97 kmAguada Municipio 98 kmMayagüez Municipio 102 kmIsabela Municipio 105 kmMoca Municipio 106 kmAñasco Municipio 109 kmQuebradillas Municipio 114 kmSan Sebastián 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 3.2 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Nearest
Aguadilla Municipio, 94 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2353 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 2,000 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,700× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,400× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 2,000 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.1× more

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 18.9975, -67.8500. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 94 km (58 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 97 km (60 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 98 km (61 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 102 km (63 mi) N of here earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 105 km (65 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 106 km (66 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Moca Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.7 73 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.7 66 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.8 80 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.7 81 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.2 71 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  6. 3.1 82 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  7. 3.2 82 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.7 Mona Passage
  9. 3.0 66 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.6 73 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  11. 2.2 61 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  12. 3.4 77 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  13. 2.8 57 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.4 50 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  15. 3.0 77 km NE of Punta Cana, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.7 on 2018-12-07 — it released about 150 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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