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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

49 km SE of Kennebunkport, Maine

· 5.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N York County 66 kmCumberland County 82 kmStrafford County 88 kmEssex County 90 kmSagadahoc County 90 kmRockingham County 93 kmLincoln County 105 kmAndroscoggin County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
York County, 66 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3335 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 43.1142, -69.9727. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
York County, ME 66 km (41 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near York County
Cumberland County, ME 82 km (51 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Cumberland County
Strafford County, NH 88 km (55 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Strafford County
Essex County, MA 90 km (56 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Essex County
Sagadahoc County, ME 90 km (56 mi) S of here earthquakes near Sagadahoc County
Rockingham County, NH 93 km (58 mi) E of here earthquakes near Rockingham County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 34 km SE of York Beach, Maine
  2. 2.0 13 km SE of York Harbor, Maine
  3. 2.3 54 km E of Rockport, Massachusetts
  4. 1.9 42 km ENE of Rockport, Massachusetts
  5. 2.4 42 km SE of Old Orchard Beach, Maine
  6. 2.6 38 km SE of Old Orchard Beach, Maine
  7. 2.4 29 km ESE of York Beach, Maine
  8. 2.7 50 km ESE of Old Orchard Beach, Maine
  9. 2.1 27 km NE of Rockport, Massachusetts

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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