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M 4.4md

90 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Yes. A magnitude 4.4 earthquake was recorded 90 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, at 1:47 pm AST on 8 June 2020 (17:47 UTC), 7.0 km deep. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

· 7.0 km deep · released about 62 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Aguadilla Municipio 93 kmRincón Municipio 99 kmAguada Municipio 99 kmIsabela Municipio 102 kmMoca Municipio 106 kmAñasco Municipio 110 kmQuebradillas Municipio 110 kmMayagüez Municipio 114 kmCamuy Municipio 117 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 4.4 (md)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Aguadilla Municipio, 93 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2276 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 131 km (81 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 62 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 2,700× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 86× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.4 about 62 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 130× 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 6.0 on 2019-09-24 — about 240 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 19.0956, -67.7393. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 93 km (58 mi) SE earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 99 km (61 mi) SSE earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 99 km (62 mi) SE earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 102 km (64 mi) SE earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 106 km (66 mi) SE earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 110 km (69 mi) SE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.5 83 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.4 75 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.1 89 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  4. 3.5 96 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  5. 3.4 80 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  6. 3.4 92 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  7. 3.2 89 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  8. 2.9 82 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.6 87 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.4 90 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  11. 3.7 95 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  12. 3.4 109 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.2 92 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.4 77 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.3 79 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.

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