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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near New York City, NY
No earthquake was likely felt in New York City in the 24 hours to 7:55 pm EST (00:55 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 33 km (21 mi) N, at 12:11 pm EDT on 5 August 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3,546 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near New York City
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 35 km (22 mi) south-southeast of New York City, NY, at 7:15 am EST on 6 November 2016 (12:15 UTC), 4.4 km deep. 12 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 15 km SSE of Neponsit, New York
27 km (17 mi) SSE of New York, NY
- When
- 7:15 am EST on 6 November 2016 ()
- Where
- 35 km (22 mi) south-southeast of New York City, NY · earthquakes near New York City
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- every earthquake in New York in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 12 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Queens County, 24 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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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 23 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In New York City, 35 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Highlands, Sea Bright, Atlantic Beach, Rumson, Monmouth Beach, Atlantic Highlands.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 28 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 540,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 380,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 34× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 28 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 40.4402, -73.8002. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queens County, NY | 24 km (15 mi) | N | earthquakes near Queens County |
| Kings County, NY | 25 km (16 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Richmond County, NY | 32 km (20 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Richmond County |
| Monmouth County, NJ | 34 km (21 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Monmouth County |
| Nassau County, NY | 37 km (23 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Nassau County |
| Hudson County, NJ | 40 km (25 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Hudson County |
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.
- 2.1 1 km N of Deal, New Jersey
- 1.7 1 km NNW of Woodside, New York
- 3.1 3 km WSW of Marlboro, New Jersey
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.
On USGS
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