12 km ESE of Beaupré, Canada

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.

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 46.9977, -70.7414. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 2.3 11 km NNE of Montmagny, Canada 11:25 UTC
2. 1.6 8 km NE of La Haute-Saint-Charles, Canada 01:41 UTC
3. 1.6 17 km WNW of St-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada 18:00 UTC
4. 1.9 6 km S of Beaupré, Canada 05:32 UTC
5. 2.7 1 km SW of Beaupré, Canada 11:35 UTC
6. 2.0 9 km ESE of Château-Richer, Canada 06:20 UTC
7. 2.3 16 km SE of L'Ange-Gardien, Canada 21:06 UTC
8. 1.5 9 km SSE of Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada 00:10 UTC
9. 1.5 14 km S of Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada 15:49 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 03:02 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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