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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Plattsburgh, NY
No earthquake was likely felt in Plattsburgh in the 24 hours to 9:50 pm EST (02:50 UTC). The last one was M 4.0, 258 km (160 mi) WNW, at 12:36 pm EDT on 14 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 215 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Plattsburgh
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 25 km (16 mi) north of Plattsburgh, NY, at 8:56 pm EDT on 8 October 2023 (00:56 UTC), 5.0 km deep.
USGS: 4 km NNW of Chazy, New York
- When
- 8:56 pm EDT on 8 October 2023 ()
- Where
- 25 km (16 mi) north of Plattsburgh, NY · earthquakes near Plattsburgh
- New York today
- every earthquake in New York in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Grand Isle County, 19 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1062 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. In Plattsburgh, 25 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Champlain, Rouses Point, Cumberland Head, Swanton, Morrisonville, Plattsburgh West.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
- 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 8 km NNW of Au Sable Forks, New York · 50 km SSW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 44.9259, -73.4617. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Isle County, VT | 19 km (12 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Grand Isle County |
| Clinton County, NY | 27 km (17 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Clinton County |
| Franklin County, VT | 44 km (27 mi) | E | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Chittenden County, VT | 60 km (37 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Chittenden County |
| Lamoille County, VT | 74 km (46 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Lamoille County |
| Franklin County, NY | 76 km (48 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Franklin 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.
- 1.6 8 km SSW of Saint-Édouard, Canada
- 2.0 3 km WNW of Keeseville, New York
- 1.9 6 km WNW of Morrisonville, New York
- 2.7 4 km NNW of Chazy, New York
- 1.5 3 km SE of Lyon Mountain, New York
- 2.0 3 km NW of Chazy, New York
- 1.7 8 km S of Dannemora, New York
- 1.9 8 km ESE of Sainte-Martine, Canada
- 2.8 11 km SSW of Sainte-Martine, Canada
- 2.5 10 km S of Franklin, Canada
- 2.0 13 km SW of Farnham, 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
- 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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