13 km ENE of Gonzalo, Dominican Republic

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 727 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 1,000× the energy of this one
2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45× the energy of this one
3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 4.7 about 170 tons of TNT
5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 350× 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 18.9965, -69.6349. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 4.2 13 km SSW of Bayaguana, Dominican Republic 10:07 UTC
2. 4.5 3 km S of Sánchez, Dominican Republic 05:01 UTC
3. 4.4 7 km NNW of Bayaguana, Dominican Republic 09:27 UTC
4. 4.0 10 km SE of El Valle, Dominican Republic 13:46 UTC
5. 3.3 3 km WNW of Sabana de la Mar, Dominican Republic 21:22 UTC
6. 4.2 5 km NW of Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic 11:48 UTC
7. 4.1 8 km E of Gonzalo, Dominican Republic 18:06 UTC
8. 4.2 7 km S of Monte Plata, Dominican Republic 12:05 UTC
9. 4.1 9 km SSW of Sánchez, Dominican Republic 01:52 UTC
10. 4.4 4 km WNW of Villa Riva, Dominican Republic 00:56 UTC
11. 4.4 5 km N of Villa Riva, Dominican Republic 18:32 UTC
12. 3.9 7 km E of El Factor, Dominican Republic 09:16 UTC
13. 4.0 5 km SE of El Factor, Dominican Republic 22:43 UTC
14. 4.2 11 km WNW of Guayabo Dulce, Dominican Republic 00:15 UTC
15. 3.4 7 km SSW of Samaná, Dominican Republic 01:04 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 17:34 UTC. 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 4.6 on 2016-02-24.

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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