3 km SW of Dallas, Maine

2016-02-13 00:03 UTC · 6.0 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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: 2016-02-13 00:03 UTC
Magnitude: M 1.9 (mb_lg)
Depth: 6.0 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Franklin County, 13 km E
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 3806 days ago · we first saw it 3806 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 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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

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Epicentre 44.9755, -70.5864. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Franklin County, ME	13 km (8 mi)	W of here	earthquakes near Franklin County
Oxford County, ME	55 km (34 mi)	NNE of here	earthquakes near Oxford County
Coos County, NH	66 km (41 mi)	ENE of here	earthquakes near Coos County
Somerset County, ME	77 km (48 mi)	SW of here	earthquakes near Somerset County
Kennebec County, ME	90 km (56 mi)	NW of here	earthquakes near Kennebec County
Essex County, VT	95 km (59 mi)	ENE of here	earthquakes near Essex County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1.9 7 km ESE of Eustis, Maine 08:03 UTC
2.1 6 km N of Upton, Maine 05:07 UTC
1.7 5 km NNW of Dallas, Maine 08:17 UTC
1.7 4 km S of Carthage, Maine 11:48 UTC
2.0 7 km WNW of Andover, Maine 06:35 UTC
1.5 33 km SSW of Lac-Mégantic, Canada 00:50 UTC
2.2 21 km WNW of Eustis, Maine 03:42 UTC
1.5 16 km E of Eustis, Maine 12:23 UTC
1.8 18 km NNW of Kingfield, Maine 12:23 UTC
1.6 6 km ESE of Dallas, Maine 05:42 UTC
2.3 22 km NW of Rangeley, Maine 16:17 UTC
1.6 23 km WNW of Rangeley, Maine 01:34 UTC
1.6 8 km ENE of Byron, Maine 06:19 UTC
1.7 22 km SSE of Lac-Mégantic, Canada 09:08 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 11:43 UTC. 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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