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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

5 km ENE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico

· 12 km deep · released about 260 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Lajas Municipio, 5 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1510 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 260 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 59,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 42,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 260 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 17.9975, -66.9968. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lajas Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Lajas Municipio
Guánica Municipio, PR 10 km (6 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Guánica Municipio
Sabana Grande Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sabana Grande Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio
Yauco Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Yauco Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) E of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 5 km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.5 6 km SW of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.1 8 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.0 4 km WSW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.7 6 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.0 2 km WSW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.0 2 km WSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.1 6 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 5 km WSW of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.1 1 km S of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  11. 1.9 5 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.5 5 km SE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.1 3 km SSW of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.0 4 km SW of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.1 2 km S of Guánica, 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 6.4 on 2020-01-07 — it released about 470,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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