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M 2.6ml

9 km SE of Saint Regis Falls, New York

· 5.0 km deep · released about 270 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Franklin County 11 kmSt. Lawrence County 52 kmClinton County 60 kmEssex County 78 kmGrand Isle County 93 kmHamilton County 108 kmChittenden County 111 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
30 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Franklin County, 11 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1962 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 30 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 270 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 57,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 40,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 270 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

Epicentre 44.6263, -74.4478. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Franklin County, NY 11 km (7 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Franklin County
St. Lawrence County, NY 52 km (32 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near St. Lawrence County
Clinton County, NY 60 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Clinton County
Essex County, NY 78 km (49 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Essex County
Grand Isle County, VT 93 km (58 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Grand Isle County
Hamilton County, NY 108 km (67 mi) N of here earthquakes near Hamilton County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 5 km S of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
  2. 1.6 6 km ESE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
  3. 1.5 14 km N of Tupper Lake, New York
  4. 1.6 1 km S of Massena, New York
  5. 2.2 8 km W of Saint Regis Falls, New York
  6. 2.5 6 km SSE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
  7. 1.6 16 km NNW of Tupper Lake, New York
  8. 1.9 8 km ESE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
  9. 1.6 1 km WNW of Lyon Mountain, New York
  10. 1.6 Ontario-Quebec border region, Canada
  11. 1.9 New York
  12. 2.1 7 km SW of Cornwall, Canada
  13. 1.6 0 km E of Lyon Mountain, New York
  14. 1.6 1 km SE of Saint Regis Falls, New York
  15. 2.5 2 km SSW of Saint Regis Falls, New York

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.

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