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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

Aug 29 Sep 13 Sep 27
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M1.6–M2.2), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

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.

Source USGS · snapshot of

Where this is

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

MagnitudeWhenWhere
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

After an earthquake here