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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3md

0 km NE of Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico

· 19 km deep · released about 77 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Juana Díaz Municipio 9 kmPonce Municipio 9 kmVillalba Municipio 11 kmJayuya Municipio 18 kmPeñuelas Municipio 20 kmSanta Isabel Municipio 20 kmCoamo Municipio 21 kmOrocovis Municipio 21 kmAdjuntas Municipio 27 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Juana Díaz Municipio, 9 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 617 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 77 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 77 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 18.0555, -66.5453. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Juana Díaz Municipio, PR 9 km (5 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Juana Díaz Municipio
Ponce Municipio, PR 9 km (5 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Ponce Municipio
Villalba Municipio, PR 11 km (7 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Villalba Municipio
Jayuya Municipio, PR 18 km (11 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Jayuya Municipio
Peñuelas Municipio, PR 20 km (12 mi) E of here earthquakes near Peñuelas Municipio
Santa Isabel Municipio, PR 20 km (13 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Santa Isabel Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 2 km NE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  2. 1.8 2 km WNW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.5 3 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.3 4 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 1 km ENE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.1 6 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.8 8 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico
  8. 3.0 2 km SE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.5 1 km SE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.3 6 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.0 2 km SW of Indios, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.4 2 km S of Palomas, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.5 3 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.7 5 km SSE of Indios, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.0 1 km N of Guayanilla, 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 1,600,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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