92 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic

Yes. A magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 92 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic, at 6:22 pm AST on 9 November 2018 (22:22 UTC), 10 km deep.

2018-11-09 22:22 UTC · 10 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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When: 2018-11-09 22:22 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.3 (ml)
Depth: 10 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Mayagüez Municipio, 77 km NE
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2852 days ago · we first saw it 2852 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 85 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.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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

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Epicentre 17.5740, -68.3761. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Mayagüez Municipio, PR	77 km (48 mi)	NE	earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR	146 km (91 mi)	NE	earthquakes near Rincón Municipio

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.8 Dominican Republic region 13:36 UTC
2.8 56 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 08:16 UTC
3.0 62 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 00:00 UTC
2.4 53 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 23:56 UTC
3.1 Puerto Rico region 11:05 UTC
3.3 53 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 05:36 UTC
2.8 47 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 06:54 UTC
3.0 126 km SW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico 06:34 UTC
3.0 66 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 16:32 UTC
3.3 50 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 00:58 UTC
3.0 124 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 16:29 UTC
2.9 97 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 05:56 UTC
3.2 128 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 02:44 UTC
3.0 137 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 04:21 UTC
3.2 48 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 09:57 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 07:38 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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