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M 3.3md

11 km NNE of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico

· 92 km deep · released about 1.3 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 3.3 (md)
Depth
92 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Quebradillas Municipio, 13 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2062 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 1.3 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 5,600× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 4,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.3 about 1.3 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.8× 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 18.5790, -66.9138. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) N of here earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Camuy Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Camuy Municipio
Hatillo Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Hatillo Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 27 km (17 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
San Sebastián Municipio, PR 28 km (18 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Sebastián Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 2 km W of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.8 29 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.1 49 km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.9 21 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  5. 1.8 2 km SE of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.7 7 km ENE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.8 2 km ESE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.5 3 km SSE of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.0 8 km E of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.6 13 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.7 6 km W of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.8 Puerto Rico region
  13. 2.8 39 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.1 3 km ESE of Espino, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.6 5 km E of Mayagüez, 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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