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M 2.3md

4 km E of San Germán, Puerto Rico

· 14 km deep · released about 72 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Germán Municipio, 4 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1962 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 72 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 210,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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 18.0888, -67.0030. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Germán Municipio, PR 4 km (3 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) W of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
Maricao Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Maricao Municipio
Lajas Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 15 km (10 mi) W of here earthquakes near Yauco Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 2 km S of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.9 5 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.8 4 km S of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.8 Puerto Rico region
  5. 2.4 1 km SSE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.0 2 km SSE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.4 12 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.8 3 km E of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.5 5 km W of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.4 4 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.6 1 km SW of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.6 10 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.1 1 km W of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.7 2 km ENE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.7 2 km ENE of Magas Arriba, 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 1,700,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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