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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.0md

9 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico

· 11 km deep · released about 990 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 3.0 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Guánica Municipio, 9 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1937 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 990 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 6.7 340,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 15,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 990 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 17.9050, -66.8513. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Guánica Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Guayanilla Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Guayanilla Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) S of here earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 22 km (13 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 1 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.8 4 km SSW of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 3 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.7 4 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.5 13 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 2 km NNE of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.0 3 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.3 3 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.8 2 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 Puerto Rico region
  11. 2.6 0 km SSE of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 3 km W of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.2 2 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.9 1 km SE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.0 3 km SSE of Maria Antonia, 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 120,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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