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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

4 km WNW of Beddington, Maine

· 5.0 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Hancock County 40 kmWashington County 41 kmPenobscot County 74 kmWaldo County 91 kmKnox County 118 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
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Hancock County, 40 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1972 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 44.8682, -68.1088. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hancock County, ME 40 km (25 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Hancock County
Washington County, ME 41 km (25 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Washington County
Penobscot County, ME 74 km (46 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Penobscot County
Waldo County, ME 91 km (57 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Waldo County
Knox County, ME 118 km (73 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Knox County
Piscataquis County, ME 140 km (87 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Piscataquis County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 15 km S of Lowell, Maine
  2. 1.8 2 km NNW of Ellsworth, Maine
  3. 1.5 4 km WNW of Milbridge, Maine
  4. 1.8 7 km NNE of Burlington, Maine
  5. 1.7 9 km NW of Grand Lake Stream, Maine
  6. 1.7 1 km NE of Aurora, Maine
  7. 1.6 4 km ENE of Centerville, Maine
  8. 1.5 2 km ESE of Eastbrook, Maine
  9. 1.6 Maine
  10. 1.6 6 km ESE of Dedham, Maine
  11. 2.0 7 km E of Dedham, Maine
  12. 2.0 7 km ESE of Dedham, Maine
  13. 3.3 7 km ESE of Dedham, Maine
  14. 1.8 7 km E of Dedham, Maine
  15. 1.8 7 km ESE of Dedham, 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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