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M 2.8md

6 km WNW of Palomas, Puerto Rico

· 22 km deep · released about 430 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Corozal Municipio, 5 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 694 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 430 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 35,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 25,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 430 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 18.2647, -66.3097. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Corozal Municipio, PR 5 km (3 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Corozal Municipio
Naranjito Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Naranjito Municipio
Barranquitas Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) N of here earthquakes near Barranquitas Municipio
Comerío Municipio, PR 10 km (7 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Comerío Municipio
Toa Alta Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Toa Alta Municipio
Morovis Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Morovis Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 2 km WSW of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.8 16 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.9 9 km NNE of Brenas, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.7 2 km ENE of Tallaboa Alta, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.3 8 km SSW of Orocovis, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.3 4 km SSW of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.5 5 km WSW of Ciales, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 6 km NW of Palomas, 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.

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