Earthquakes in New York
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0 quakes of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days in New York. Normal for here is 0 to 1 in a week.
Compared against New York's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated
The last 30 days
Live · last 7 days
Latest earthquakes in New York
None in New York in the latest snapshot we hold; the full 7 days load from USGS as this page opens.
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Where this is
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Centre 42.195, -75.060 — the mean of this state’s place centroids, from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Activity is measured across a rectangle drawn around the state, so a few earthquakes just over its border are counted too.
Largest on record in and around New York
| Magnitude | When | Where |
|---|---|---|
| M 4.8 | 2024 Tewksbury, New Jersey Earthquake | |
| M 4.1 | 24 km ESE of Orillia, Canada | |
| M 3.8 | 1 km NE of West Seneca, New York | |
| M 3.7 | 7 km WSW of Gladstone, New Jersey | |
| M 3.6 | New York | |
| M 3.4 | 9 km N of Blain, Pennsylvania | |
| M 3.4 | 5 km SW of Franklin, Canada | |
| M 3.3 | 14 km W of Ellisburg, New York |
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around New York, which takes in some ground over its borders.
Counties in New York
- Albany County
- Allegany County
- Bronx County
- Broome County
- Cattaraugus County
- Cayuga County
- Chautauqua County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Clinton County
- Columbia County
- Cortland County
- Delaware County
- Dutchess County
- Erie County
- Essex County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Genesee County
- Greene County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Jefferson County
- Kings County
- Lewis County
- Livingston County
- Madison County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Nassau County
- New York County
- Niagara County
- Oneida County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Orange County
- Orleans County
- Oswego County
- Otsego County
- Putnam County
- Queens County
- Rensselaer County
- Richmond County
- Rockland County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- St. Lawrence County
- Steuben County
- Suffolk County
- Sullivan County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Ulster County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Westchester County
- Wyoming County
- Yates County
After an earthquake here
- Report what you felt to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us, and they are what produces the intensity maps
- What to do during and after an earthquake
- QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For early warning, ShakeAlert reaches phones through Wireless Emergency Alerts and the MyShake app