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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.8md

86 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico

· 12 km deep · released about 7.8 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 3.8 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Isabela Municipio, 89 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1513 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 7.8 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 970× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.8 about 7.8 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 16× more

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 19.2821, -67.0330. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Isabela Municipio, PR 89 km (55 mi) N of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 90 km (56 mi) N of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 91 km (57 mi) N of here earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Camuy Municipio, PR 95 km (59 mi) N of here earthquakes near Camuy Municipio
Hatillo Municipio, PR 97 km (60 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Hatillo Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 101 km (63 mi) N of here earthquakes near Moca 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. 3.2 73 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.3 72 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.9 42 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.0 62 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.0 71 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.3 73 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.2 74 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.4 77 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.2 75 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.8 73 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.8 Mona Passage
  12. 3.3 Mona Passage
  13. 3.1 59 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.8 69 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.4 70 km N of Isabela, 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 6.0 on 2019-09-24 — it released about 1,900 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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