Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.4mwr
22 km NW of Saint John, Canada
Yes. A magnitude 3.4 earthquake was recorded 22 km NW of Saint John, Canada, at 8:49 am EST on 10 January 2019 (13:49 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 45 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.4 (mwr)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 45 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Washington County, 113 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2782 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 271 km (168 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1.9 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 89,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 4,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,800× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.4 about 1.9 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 4× more
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 45.3837, -66.2921. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County, ME | 113 km (70 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Washington County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
18 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 20 km ENE of Saint Andrews, Canada
- 1.9 13 km W of Hampton, Canada
- 1.6 11 km WNW of Saint John, Canada
- 2.3 11 km SSE of Wells, Canada
- 2.1 19 km NNW of Hampton, Canada
- 1.6 26 km NW of Saint John, Canada
- 1.8 24 km ENE of Saint Andrews, Canada
- 1.7 34 km SSE of Oromocto, Canada
- 1.7 37 km ENE of Saint Andrews, Canada
- 1.7 29 km S of Oromocto, Canada
- 2.0 25 km WNW of Wells, Canada
- 2.2 30 km SSW of Oromocto, Canada
- 1.5 39 km NE of Saint Andrews, Canada
- 2.1 12 km SSE of Oromocto, Canada
- 2.1 10 km SE of Oromocto, Canada
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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