Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6ml
23 km WNW of Rangeley, Maine
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Franklin County, 40 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3057 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 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- 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 45.0728, -70.9056. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County, ME | 40 km (25 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Coos County, NH | 56 km (35 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Coos County |
| Oxford County, ME | 66 km (41 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Oxford County |
| Essex County, VT | 76 km (47 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Essex County |
| Somerset County, ME | 88 km (55 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Somerset County |
| Orleans County, VT | 109 km (68 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Orleans County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
8 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 7 km ESE of Eustis, Maine
- 2.1 6 km N of Upton, Maine
- 1.7 5 km NNW of Dallas, Maine
- 2.0 7 km WNW of Andover, Maine
- 1.5 33 km SSW of Lac-Mégantic, Canada
- 2.2 21 km WNW of Eustis, Maine
- 1.6 6 km ESE of Dallas, Maine
- 2.3 22 km NW of Rangeley, 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
- 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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