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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4md

2 km WNW of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico

· 16 km deep · released about 140 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Sebastián Municipio, 5 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1495 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 140 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 78,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 140 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 18.3423, -67.0168. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Sebastián Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near San Sebastián Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 8 km (5 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Las Marías Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Las Marías Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 14 km (8 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 16 km (10 mi) S of here earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 17 km (10 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 3 km E of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.1 1 km ENE of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.5 5 km S of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.9 2 km N of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 6 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.0 1 km ESE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.9 21 km NNW of Camuy, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.4 2 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.1 2 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.7 3 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 3 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 1 km NNE of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.3 4 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.5 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.2 0 km WNW of Magas Arriba, 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 870,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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