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M 3.4ml
Earthquake near Lewistown, PA
No earthquake was likely felt in Lewistown in the 24 hours to 4:52 am EST (09:52 UTC). The last one was M 3.7, 239 km (148 mi) E, at 5:59 pm EDT on 5 April 2024, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 12,579 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Lewistown
This page: a magnitude 3.4 earthquake was recorded 20 km (13 mi) south-southeast of Lewistown, PA, at 8:30 pm EDT on 12 June 2019 (00:30 UTC), 27 km deep. 1,452 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 9 km N of Blain, Pennsylvania
55 km (34 mi) WNW of Harrisburg, PA · 146 km (91 mi) NNW of Baltimore, MD
- When
- 8:30 pm EDT on 12 June 2019 ()
- Where
- 20 km (13 mi) south-southeast of Lewistown, PA · earthquakes near Lewistown
- Magnitude
- M 3.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 27 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1,452 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Nearest
- Juniata County, 15 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 950 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 284 km (176 mi) from the epicentre. In Lewistown, 20 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Highland Park, Burnham, Yeagertown, New Bloomfield, Belleville, Newville.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 2.2 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 78,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 3,500× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,500× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.4 about 2.2 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 4.6× 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.
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 40.4218, -77.5057. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniata County, PA | 15 km (9 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Juniata County |
| Perry County, PA | 20 km (13 mi) | E | earthquakes near Perry County |
| Mifflin County, PA | 24 km (15 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Mifflin County |
| Cumberland County, PA | 35 km (22 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Cumberland County |
| Huntingdon County, PA | 39 km (24 mi) | W | earthquakes near Huntingdon County |
| Snyder County, PA | 52 km (32 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Snyder County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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