Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.0md
2 km NNE of Rincón, Puerto Rico
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (md)
- Depth
- 23 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Rincón Municipio, 3 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1985 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 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 18.3643, -67.2416. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rincón Municipio, PR | 3 km (2 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Rincón Municipio |
| Aguada Municipio, PR | 6 km (4 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Aguada Municipio |
| Añasco Municipio, PR | 14 km (9 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Añasco Municipio |
| Aguadilla Municipio, PR | 17 km (10 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio |
| Moca Municipio, PR | 17 km (11 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Moca Municipio |
| Isabela Municipio, PR | 27 km (17 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Isabela Municipio |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
6 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 5 km SSE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
- 2.9 5 km SSE of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
- 2.9 2 km WNW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
- 2.8 34 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
- 2.5 3 km E of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
- 2.4 3 km ENE of Pole Ojea, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.