Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.2md
58 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.2 (md)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mayagüez Municipio, 118 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 9 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 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2× more
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 19.0887, -68.2377. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayagüez Municipio, PR | 118 km (73 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio |
| Rincón Municipio, PR | 133 km (83 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Rincón Municipio |
| Aguadilla Municipio, PR | 134 km (83 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio |
| Aguada Municipio, PR | 136 km (85 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Aguada Municipio |
| Añasco Municipio, PR | 147 km (91 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Añasco Municipio |
| Hormigueros Municipio, PR | 159 km (99 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
3 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.0 56 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- 3.4 87 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- 3.3 75 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
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 5.8 on 2025-02-25 — it released about 9,400 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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