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M 1.8ml

2 km SSE of West Paris, Maine

· 5.2 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Oxford County 25 kmAndroscoggin County 32 kmCumberland County 58 kmKennebec County 65 kmCoos County 69 kmCarroll County 70 kmSagadahoc County 72 kmFranklin County 76 kmLincoln County 91 km
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
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
5.2 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Oxford County, 25 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2087 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 44.3049, -70.5639. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Oxford County, ME 25 km (16 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Oxford County
Androscoggin County, ME 32 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Androscoggin County
Cumberland County, ME 58 km (36 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Cumberland County
Kennebec County, ME 65 km (40 mi) W of here earthquakes near Kennebec County
Coos County, NH 69 km (43 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Coos County
Carroll County, NH 70 km (44 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Carroll County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 2 km NW of Hanover, Maine
  2. 1.7 6 km S of Livermore, Maine
  3. 1.8 6 km SSE of Turner, Maine
  4. 1.7 6 km SSW of Livermore, Maine
  5. 1.6 6 km ENE of Buckfield, Maine
  6. 1.7 4 km S of Carthage, Maine
  7. 1.5 6 km S of Monmouth, Maine
  8. 2.5 6 km N of Turner, Maine
  9. 2.4 Maine
  10. 1.5 2 km ENE of Lewiston, Maine
  11. 2.0 7 km WNW of Andover, 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.

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