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M 2.5md
Earthquake near Wyndham, VA
No earthquake was likely felt in Wyndham in the 24 hours to 9:10 am EST (14:10 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 3 km (2 mi) SW, at 7:12 am EDT on 30 April 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 162 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Wyndham
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) west-northwest of Wyndham, VA, at 11:55 pm EDT on 22 September 2019 (03:55 UTC), 7.6 km deep. 194 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 3 km WNW of Wyndham, Virginia
25 km (16 mi) NW of Richmond, VA
- When
- 11:55 pm EDT on 22 September 2019 ()
- Where
- 4 km (2 mi) west-northwest of Wyndham, VA · earthquakes near Wyndham
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (md)
- Depth
- 7.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- 194 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Hanover County, 15 km ENE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Central Virginia seismic zone, 19 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2473 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 46 km (29 mi) from the epicentre. In Wyndham, 4 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: Short Pump, Glen Allen, Laurel, Tuckahoe, Ashland, Dumbarton.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 180 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 86,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 61,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 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 lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.8 11 km SSW of Mineral, Virginia · 34 km NW of this epicentre
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 37.7095, -77.6507. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover County, VA | 15 km (9 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Hanover County |
| Goochland County, VA | 24 km (15 mi) | W | earthquakes near Goochland County |
| Richmond city, VA | 25 km (16 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Richmond city |
| Powhatan County, VA | 29 km (18 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Powhatan County |
| Chesterfield County, VA | 37 km (23 mi) | S | earthquakes near Chesterfield County |
| Louisa County, VA | 40 km (25 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Louisa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
20 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 11 km S of Woodlake, Virginia
- 1.6 3 km SW of Wyndham, Virginia
- 2.3 1 km NE of Wyndham, Virginia
- 2.8 1 km NNE of Wyndham, Virginia
- 1.8 9 km S of Louisa, Virginia
- 2.3 18 km ENE of Cumberland, Virginia
- 2.3 4 km N of Glen Allen, Virginia
- 2.2 Virginia
- 1.6 16 km S of Louisa, Virginia
- 2.3 15 km S of Louisa, Virginia
- 2.3 16 km S of Louisa, Virginia
- 2.3 2 km WSW of Columbia, Virginia
- 1.8 9 km S of Louisa, Virginia
- 2.4 13 km NW of Ashland, Virginia
- 2.2 8 km ENE of Cumberland, Virginia
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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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