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Earthquake near Fort Covington Hamlet, NY
No earthquake was likely felt in Fort Covington Hamlet in the 24 hours to 3:44 am EST (08:44 UTC). The last one was M 4.0, 171 km (106 mi) WNW, at 12:36 pm EDT on 14 April 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 215 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Fort Covington Hamlet
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) south-southeast of Fort Covington Hamlet, NY, at 12:57 am EST on 1 January 2025 (05:57 UTC), 6.2 km deep. 15 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 6 km SSE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
- When
- 12:57 am EST on 1 January 2025 ()
- Where
- 6 km (4 mi) south-southeast of Fort Covington Hamlet, NY · earthquakes near Fort Covington Hamlet
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- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 6.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- 15 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Franklin County, 39 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 604 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 46 km (29 mi) from the epicentre. In Fort Covington Hamlet, 6 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Malone.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.7 The 1944 Massena, New York Earthquake · 21 km W of this epicentre
- 5.1 Near Cornwall, Ontario, Canada · 42 km WNW 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 44.9207, -74.4804. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County, NY | 39 km (24 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Clinton County, NY | 64 km (40 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Clinton County |
| St. Lawrence County, NY | 67 km (42 mi) | SW | earthquakes near St. Lawrence County |
| Grand Isle County, VT | 94 km (58 mi) | E | earthquakes near Grand Isle County |
| Essex County, NY | 106 km (66 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Essex County |
| Chittenden County, VT | 123 km (76 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Chittenden County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
6 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 9 km N of Brasher Falls, New York
- 2.0 7 km NE of Potsdam, New York
- 1.6 5 km S of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
- 1.6 6 km ESE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
- 1.6 1 km S of Massena, New York
- 2.2 8 km W of Saint Regis Falls, 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
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- 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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