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M 1.9ml

5 km NW of Inlet, New York

· 5.4 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Herkimer County 24 kmHamilton County 31 kmLewis County 48 kmOneida County 77 kmSt. Lawrence County 80 kmFulton County 82 kmWarren County 85 kmEssex County 93 kmFranklin County 99 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
5.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Herkimer County, 24 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2108 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
  4. 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

Epicentre 43.7888, -74.8465. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Herkimer County, NY 24 km (15 mi) N of here earthquakes near Herkimer County
Hamilton County, NY 31 km (19 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Hamilton County
Lewis County, NY 48 km (30 mi) E of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Oneida County, NY 77 km (48 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Oneida County
St. Lawrence County, NY 80 km (50 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near St. Lawrence County
Fulton County, NY 82 km (51 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Fulton 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. 1.8 13 km NE of Lyons Falls, New York
  2. 2.1 11 km NE of Lyons Falls, New York
  3. 1.8 9 km NE of Lyons Falls, New York
  4. 1.6 9 km E of Croghan, New York
  5. 1.7 17 km W of Old Forge, New York
  6. 1.6 18 km NE of Lyons Falls, New York
  7. 2.3 10 km ENE of Port Leyden, New York
  8. 2.3 9 km ENE of Port Leyden, 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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