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M 4.0md

8 km SE of Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic

· 144 km deep · released about 15 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.0 (md)
Depth
144 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Mayagüez Municipio, 97 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 755 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 15 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.0 about 15 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 32× 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 18.5558, -68.6608. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 97 km (60 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.7 16 km SW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  2. 3.5 20 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  3. 3.8 5 km SSE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic
  4. 4.0 21 km SSE of La Romana, Dominican Republic
  5. 4.1 9 km NNE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  6. 3.4 8 km NNW of Guaymate, Dominican Republic
  7. 4.2 17 km SE of La Romana, Dominican Republic
  8. 3.7 32 km E of Miches, Dominican Republic
  9. 3.7 29 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  10. 3.8 37 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic
  11. 3.5 34 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic
  12. 4.0 2 km NNE of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic
  13. 4.0 2 km NNW of Guaymate, Dominican Republic
  14. 3.4 23 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  15. 3.8 5 km WNW of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic

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 5.3 on 2019-02-04 — it released about 89 times the energy of this one.

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

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