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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 4.0md

87 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

· 27 km deep · released about 18 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Culebra Municipio 87 kmFajardo Municipio 91 kmLuquillo Municipio 99 kmRío Grande Municipio 104 kmCeiba Municipio 105 kmLoíza Municipio 109 kmVieques Municipio 112 kmCanóvanas Municipio 114 kmCarolina Municipio 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 4.0 (md)
Depth
27 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Culebra Municipio, 87 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 64 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 18 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 9,400× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 420× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 300× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.0 about 18 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 38× 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 19.0983, -65.1711. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Culebra Municipio, PR 87 km (54 mi) N of here earthquakes near Culebra Municipio
Fajardo Municipio, PR 91 km (56 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Fajardo Municipio
Luquillo Municipio, PR 99 km (62 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Luquillo Municipio
Río Grande Municipio, PR 104 km (65 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Río Grande Municipio
Ceiba Municipio, PR 105 km (65 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Ceiba Municipio
Loíza Municipio, PR 109 km (68 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Loíza Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.4 68 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.3 73 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.3 69 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.3 70 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.9 62 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  6. 3.1 47 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  7. 3.2 64 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  8. 2.8 58 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  9. 3.0 72 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  10. 3.4 61 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  11. 2.9 58 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  12. 3.3 64 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.1 70 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  14. 3.1 95 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
  15. 3.4 84 km N of Culebra, 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 5.0 on 2021-02-06 — it released about 26 times the energy of this one.

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

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