Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5ml
0 km NE of Adams Center, New York
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- 40 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Jefferson County, 15 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1175 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 40 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 43.8644, -76.0011. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County, NY | 15 km (9 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
| Lewis County, NY | 46 km (28 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Lewis County |
| Oswego County, NY | 48 km (30 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Oswego County |
| Oneida County, NY | 83 km (51 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Oneida County |
| Onondaga County, NY | 97 km (60 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Onondaga County |
| Herkimer County, NY | 99 km (61 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Herkimer 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.
- 2.8 28 km WSW of Henderson, New York
- 1.6 1 km WSW of Adams Center, New York
- 1.5 1 km SW of Adams Center, New York
- 3.3 14 km W of Ellisburg, New York
- 1.6 2 km WNW of Rodman, New York
- 1.5 New York
- 1.8 1 km SW of Adams Center, New York
- 1.8 1 km WSW of Adams Center, New York
- 1.5 0 km WNW of Adams Center, New York
- 1.6 1 km WSW of Adams Center, New York
- 1.5 1 km SW of Adams Center, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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