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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Peru, ME

USGS: 1 km NW of Peru, Maine

9:26 pm EDT, Mar 13, 2016 · · 4.7 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Oxford County 25 kmAndroscoggin County 42 kmFranklin County 52 kmKennebec County 53 kmCoos County 71 kmCumberland County 79 kmSagadahoc County 80 kmLincoln County 92 kmCarroll County 95 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
9:26 pm EDT on 13 March 2016 ()
Where
in Peru, ME · earthquakes near Peru
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
4.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Oxford County, 25 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3787 days ago

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded in Peru, ME, at 9:26 pm EDT on 13 March 2016 (01:26 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Dixfield, Canton, Mexico, Rumford, Jay, Hartford.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 44.5127, -70.4164. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Oxford County, ME 25 km (16 mi) W earthquakes near Oxford County
Androscoggin County, ME 42 km (26 mi) SSE earthquakes near Androscoggin County
Franklin County, ME 52 km (32 mi) N earthquakes near Franklin County
Kennebec County, ME 53 km (33 mi) ESE earthquakes near Kennebec County
Coos County, NH 71 km (44 mi) WNW earthquakes near Coos County
Cumberland County, ME 79 km (49 mi) S earthquakes near Cumberland 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.

  1. 1.6 5 km SSE of Monmouth, Maine
  2. 1.6 2 km NW of Hanover, Maine
  3. 1.7 6 km S of Livermore, Maine
  4. 1.8 6 km SSE of Turner, Maine
  5. 1.7 6 km SSW of Livermore, Maine
  6. 1.6 6 km ENE of Buckfield, Maine
  7. 1.7 4 km S of Carthage, Maine
  8. 1.5 6 km S of Monmouth, Maine
  9. 2.5 6 km N of Turner, Maine
  10. 2.4 Maine
  11. 1.5 2 km ENE of Lewiston, Maine
  12. 2.0 7 km WNW of Andover, Maine
  13. 1.8 2 km SSE of West Paris, Maine
  14. 1.7 5 km NW of Greene, Maine
  15. 2.1 9 km NNW of Harrison, Maine

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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