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M 1.6ml

5 km WNW of Huntingdon, Canada

· 5.0 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clinton County 57 kmFranklin County 57 kmGrand Isle County 80 kmSt. Lawrence County 96 kmFranklin County 107 kmChittenden County 116 kmEssex County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Clinton County, 57 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3105 days ago

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 5 km WNW of Huntingdon, Canada at 03:02 UTC on 2018-01-08. This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Fort Covington Hamlet, Malone.

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.

Where

Epicentre 45.1060, -74.2220. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Clinton County, NY 57 km (35 mi) SE earthquakes near Clinton County
Franklin County, NY 57 km (36 mi) S earthquakes near Franklin County
Grand Isle County, VT 80 km (50 mi) ESE earthquakes near Grand Isle County
St. Lawrence County, NY 96 km (60 mi) SW earthquakes near St. Lawrence County
Franklin County, VT 107 km (66 mi) ESE earthquakes near Franklin County
Chittenden County, VT 116 km (72 mi) SE earthquakes near Chittenden County

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

Aftershocks so far

32 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. 1.7 6 km SSW of Melocheville, Canada
  4. 1.8 13 km SE of Hawkesbury, Canada
  5. 1.6 6 km SW of Rigaud, Canada
  6. 2.5 6 km SSE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
  7. 1.9 8 km ESE of Sainte-Martine, Canada
  8. 2.8 11 km SSW of Sainte-Martine, Canada
  9. 2.5 10 km S of Franklin, Canada
  10. 1.8 6 km WNW of Huntingdon, Canada
  11. 2.1 8 km WNW of Huntingdon, Canada
  12. 3.1 6 km WNW of Huntingdon, Canada
  13. 1.9 8 km ESE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
  14. 1.9 4 km NNE of Huntingdon, Canada
  15. 1.6 1 km WNW of Lyon Mountain, 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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