Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7ml
17 km W of Old Forge, New York
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Lewis County, 21 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 577 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 43.7368, -75.1912. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis County, NY | 21 km (13 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Lewis County |
| Herkimer County, NY | 34 km (21 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Herkimer County |
| Hamilton County, NY | 56 km (35 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Hamilton County |
| Oneida County, NY | 58 km (36 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Oneida County |
| Jefferson County, NY | 75 km (47 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
| St. Lawrence County, NY | 84 km (52 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near St. Lawrence County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
5 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 6 km SE of Lowville, New York
- 1.8 13 km NE of Lyons Falls, New York
- 2.1 11 km NE of Lyons Falls, New York
- 1.8 9 km NE of Lyons Falls, New York
- 1.6 9 km E of Croghan, 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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