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M 3.0md

Mona Passage

Yes. A magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded in Mona Passage, at 12:32 pm AST on 2 May 2020 (16:32 UTC), 9.0 km deep.

· 9.0 km deep · released about 860 lb of TNT

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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 3.0 (md)
Depth
9.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Aguadilla Municipio, 63 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2382 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 34 km (21 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 860 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 18,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 860 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 6.0 on 2019-09-24 — about 35,000 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 18.8678, -67.5818. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 63 km (39 mi) SE earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 68 km (42 mi) SSE earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 69 km (43 mi) SE earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 73 km (46 mi) SE earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 76 km (47 mi) SE earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 80 km (50 mi) SE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.6 101 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.6 97 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  3. 3.4 91 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  4. 3.2 98 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.6 88 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  6. 3.5 94 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  7. 3.3 83 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.5 77 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.6 80 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.5 93 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  11. 4.4 90 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  12. 3.5 86 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.1 87 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.7 83 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.6 74 km NW of San Antonio, 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.

On USGS

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