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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

5 km ESE of Naranjito, Puerto Rico

· 57 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
57 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Naranjito Municipio, 6 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1571 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 220 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 70,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 50,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 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 18.2802, -66.1977. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Naranjito Municipio, PR 6 km (4 mi) E of here earthquakes near Naranjito Municipio
Comerío Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Comerío Municipio
Aguas Buenas Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Aguas Buenas Municipio
Bayamón Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Bayamón Municipio
Toa Alta Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Toa Alta Municipio
Guaynabo Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Guaynabo Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.3 1 km SE of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.4 7 km SSE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.8 2 km SE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.0 5 km ESE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.5 8 km SSW of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 3 km SSE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.7 4 km ENE of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.6 4 km E of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.5 2 km SSE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.1 5 km SSE of Pájaros, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.8 7 km NNW of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.2 0 km N of Salinas, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.8 3 km ESE of Jobos, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.6 3 km NNW of Coamo, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.9 1 km WNW of Río Lajas, 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 4.6 on 2019-03-12 — it released about 1,100 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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