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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 4.8mw

54 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico

· 9.0 km deep · released about 240 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.8 (mw)
Depth
9.0 km below the surface
Felt
227 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Aguadilla Municipio, 54 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 18 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 227 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 710× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.8 about 240 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 500× 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 18.9423, -67.2968. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 54 km (33 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 59 km (37 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 64 km (40 mi) N of here earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 66 km (41 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 67 km (42 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 67 km (42 mi) N of here earthquakes near Rincón Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.4 46 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.5 86 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  3. 3.2 27 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.4 76 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  5. 3.1 76 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.3 79 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  7. 3.2 67 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  8. 4.0 50 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.1 47 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.9 56 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.0 38 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.4 91 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  13. 3.1 43 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.3 82 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  15. 3.2 62 km NW of San Antonio, 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 63 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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