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M 1.6ml

7 km WSW of Sainte-Martine, Canada

· 10 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clinton County 55 kmGrand Isle County 66 kmFranklin County 78 kmFranklin County 87 kmChittenden County 107 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Clinton County, 55 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1316 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 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. 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 45.2301, -73.8857. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Clinton County, NY 55 km (34 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Clinton County
Grand Isle County, VT 66 km (41 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Grand Isle County
Franklin County, NY 78 km (49 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Franklin County
Franklin County, VT 87 km (54 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Franklin County
Chittenden County, VT 107 km (66 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Chittenden County
Lamoille County, VT 120 km (75 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lamoille County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 8 km SSW of Saint-Édouard, Canada
  2. 1.7 6 km SSW of Melocheville, Canada
  3. 2.7 4 km NNW of Chazy, New York
  4. 2.0 3 km NW of Chazy, New York
  5. 1.6 6 km SW of Rigaud, Canada
  6. 1.9 8 km ESE of Sainte-Martine, Canada
  7. 2.8 11 km SSW of Sainte-Martine, Canada
  8. 2.5 10 km S of Franklin, Canada
  9. 1.8 0 km S of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Canada
  10. 1.8 6 km WNW of Huntingdon, Canada
  11. 2.1 8 km WNW of Huntingdon, Canada
  12. 3.1 6 km WNW of Huntingdon, Canada
  13. 1.8 4 km NNW of Chazy, New York
  14. 1.9 4 km NNE of Huntingdon, Canada
  15. 1.6 Ontario-Quebec border region, 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.

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