14 km SSE of La Malbaie, Canada

Yes. A magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 14 km SSE of La Malbaie, Canada at 00:24 UTC on 2026-03-17, 18 km deep.

2026-03-17 00:24 UTC · 18 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.

When: 2026-03-17 00:24 UTC
Magnitude: M 1.9 (ml)
Depth: 18 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Aroostook County, 144 km SE
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 171 days ago · we first saw it 171 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 11 km (7 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 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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

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Epicentre 47.5313, -70.0825. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Aroostook County, ME	144 km (89 mi)	SE	earthquakes near Aroostook County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1.5 14 km SSE of La Malbaie, Canada 03:20 UTC
1.7 16 km NNW of La Pocatière, Canada 07:13 UTC
2.3 17 km ESE of Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada 04:00 UTC
1.9 12 km SE of Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada 07:46 UTC
1.8 17 km ENE of Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada 00:14 UTC
1.5 9 km NNW of La Pocatière, Canada 23:04 UTC
2.0 18 km N of St-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada 06:18 UTC
1.7 11 km E of Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada 01:40 UTC
2.5 5 km W of Saint-Siméon, Canada 15:12 UTC
2.1 9 km E of La Malbaie, Canada 21:46 UTC
1.5 15 km NW of Saint-Pascal, Canada 22:40 UTC
2.5 18 km SSW of La Malbaie, Canada 06:33 UTC
1.7 11 km NW of La Pocatière, Canada 23:26 UTC
1.6 15 km S of La Malbaie, Canada 02:11 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 12:18 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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