Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6ml
1 km SE of Saint Regis Falls, New York
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Franklin County, 19 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 983 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 44.6670, -74.5337. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County, NY | 19 km (12 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| St. Lawrence County, NY | 47 km (29 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near St. Lawrence County |
| Clinton County, NY | 66 km (41 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Clinton County |
| Essex County, NY | 86 km (54 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Essex County |
| Grand Isle County, VT | 99 km (61 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Grand Isle County |
| Hamilton County, NY | 112 km (70 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Hamilton County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
10 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 5 km S of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
- 1.6 6 km ESE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
- 1.5 14 km N of Tupper Lake, New York
- 1.6 1 km S of Massena, New York
- 2.2 8 km W of Saint Regis Falls, New York
- 2.5 6 km SSE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
- 1.6 16 km NNW of Tupper Lake, New York
- 1.9 8 km ESE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
- 1.6 Ontario-Quebec border region, Canada
- 2.1 7 km SW of Cornwall, 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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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