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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5md

29 km SSW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

· 5.5 km deep · released about 150 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Culebra Municipio 42 kmVieques Municipio 46 kmCeiba Municipio 68 kmFajardo Municipio 71 kmNaguabo Municipio 79 kmLuquillo Municipio 82 kmHumacao Municipio 83 kmRío Grande Municipio 91 kmYabucoa Municipio 91 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
5.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Culebra Municipio, 42 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1359 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 150 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 72,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 150 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 18.0807, -65.0000. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Culebra Municipio, PR 42 km (26 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Culebra Municipio
Vieques Municipio, PR 46 km (29 mi) E of here earthquakes near Vieques Municipio
Ceiba Municipio, PR 68 km (42 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Ceiba Municipio
Fajardo Municipio, PR 71 km (44 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Fajardo Municipio
Naguabo Municipio, PR 79 km (49 mi) E of here earthquakes near Naguabo Municipio
Luquillo Municipio, PR 82 km (51 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Luquillo Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.6 17 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  2. 3.4 14 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.9 14 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  4. 3.2 20 km NNW of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
  5. 2.7 10 km SSE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  6. 3.3 34 km NNE of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
  7. 3.6 10 km SW of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
  8. 3.2 11 km S of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  9. 3.0 16 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.0 14 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  11. 3.0 11 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.2 0 km SSE of Isabel Segunda, Puerto Rico
  13. 3.3 34 km ESE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico
  14. 3.1 23 km WNW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
  15. 3.5 14 km ESE of Esperanza, 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 4.8 on 2021-10-08 — it released about 3,200 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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