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M 2.1mb_lg

9 km SE of La Malbaie, Canada

Yes. A magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 9 km SE of La Malbaie, Canada at 05:08 UTC on 2025-08-09, 24 km deep.

· 24 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (mb_lg)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Aroostook County, 148 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 384 days ago

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 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 47.5981, -70.0629. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Aroostook County, ME 148 km (92 mi) SE earthquakes near Aroostook County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 14 km SSE of La Malbaie, Canada
  2. 1.7 16 km NNW of La Pocatière, Canada
  3. 2.3 17 km ESE of Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada
  4. 1.9 12 km SE of Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada
  5. 1.8 17 km ENE of Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada
  6. 1.5 9 km NNW of La Pocatière, Canada
  7. 2.0 18 km N of St-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada
  8. 1.7 11 km E of Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada
  9. 2.5 5 km W of Saint-Siméon, Canada
  10. 2.1 9 km E of La Malbaie, Canada
  11. 1.5 15 km NW of Saint-Pascal, Canada
  12. 2.5 18 km SSW of La Malbaie, Canada
  13. 1.7 11 km NW of La Pocatière, Canada
  14. 1.6 15 km S of La Malbaie, Canada
  15. 1.9 14 km SSE of La Malbaie, 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.

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