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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

5 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico

· 16 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lajas Municipio, 6 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1895 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 17.9291, -67.0233. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lajas Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) S of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 25 km (15 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Yauco 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. 2.2 2 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.0 1 km SE of Yauco, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 5 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.8 1 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.1 5 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.7 1 km ENE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  7. 1.7 7 km ENE of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.3 5 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 3 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.0 2 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.7 5 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  12. 1.9 4 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  13. 1.8 5 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.5 6 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  15. 1.8 11 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 6.4 on 2020-01-07 — it released about 20,000,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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