Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5ml
0 km WNW of Adams Center, New York
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Jefferson County, 15 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 357 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 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 43.8619, -76.0112. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County, NY | 15 km (10 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
| Lewis County, NY | 46 km (29 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Lewis County |
| Oswego County, NY | 47 km (29 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Oswego County |
| Oneida County, NY | 83 km (52 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Oneida County |
| Onondaga County, NY | 96 km (60 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Onondaga County |
| Herkimer County, NY | 99 km (62 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
8 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
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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