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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

14 km WSW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

· 23 km deep · released about 280 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
23 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Hormigueros Municipio, 17 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 709 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 280 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 55,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 39,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 280 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 18.1757, -67.2710. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 17 km (11 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) S of here earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 19 km (12 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 24 km (15 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
San Germán Municipio, PR 26 km (16 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near San Germán Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 5 km W of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.7 4 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.3 5 km ENE of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
  4. 1.8 0 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.0 2 km ESE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  6. 1.9 3 km SSW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.1 4 km ESE of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  8. 1.9 4 km W of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.3 4 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.5 2 km ESE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.7 6 km W of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.6 6 km WNW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.5 1 km E of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.6 1 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.8 4 km SW of La Parguera, 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 5.3 on 2020-07-03 — it released about 9,800 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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