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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9md

0 km WNW of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico

· 20 km deep · released about 630 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (md)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Aguas Buenas Municipio, 2 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1794 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 630 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 24,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 17,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 630 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 18.2595, -66.1103. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Aguas Buenas Municipio, PR 2 km (1 mi) E of here earthquakes near Aguas Buenas Municipio
Caguas Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Caguas Municipio
Guaynabo Municipio, PR 9 km (6 mi) S of here earthquakes near Guaynabo Municipio
Cidra Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Cidra Municipio
Bayamón Municipio, PR 12 km (7 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Bayamón Municipio
Comerío Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Comerío Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 1 km SSE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.0 0 km W of Sumidero, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.4 3 km SSE of Pájaros, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.3 1 km ESE of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.3 1 km WNW of Morovis, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 4 km WNW of Coamo, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.9 13 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.7 6 km SSE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.6 6 km SSE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.2 6 km SSE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 6 km SSE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.2 2 km SSW of Río Cañas Abajo, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.5 4 km SSE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.3 6 km NW of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 2 km E of G. L. Garcia, 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 4.6 on 2016-12-05 — it released about 380 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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