Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.4mb_lg
5 km SW of Franklin, Canada
Yes. A magnitude 3.4 earthquake was recorded 5 km SW of Franklin, Canada, at 5:37 am EST on 13 January 2020 (10:37 UTC), 6.4 km deep.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.4 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 6.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Clinton County, 34 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 221 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 271 km (168 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 1.9 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 89,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 4,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,800× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.4 about 1.9 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 4× more
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 44.9930, -73.9659. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton County, NY | 34 km (21 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Clinton County |
| Franklin County, NY | 52 km (32 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Grand Isle County, VT | 57 km (35 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Grand Isle County |
| Franklin County, VT | 85 km (53 mi) | E | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Chittenden County, VT | 92 km (57 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Chittenden County |
| Essex County, NY | 99 km (62 mi) | S | earthquakes near Essex County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
28 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 8 km SSW of Saint-Édouard, Canada
- 1.6 5 km S of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
- 1.6 6 km ESE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
- 1.7 6 km SSW of Melocheville, Canada
- 1.9 6 km WNW of Morrisonville, New York
- 2.7 4 km NNW of Chazy, New York
- 1.5 3 km SE of Lyon Mountain, New York
- 2.0 3 km NW of Chazy, New York
- 1.7 8 km S of Dannemora, New York
- 2.5 6 km SSE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
- 1.9 8 km ESE of Sainte-Martine, Canada
- 2.8 11 km SSW of Sainte-Martine, Canada
- 2.5 10 km S of Franklin, Canada
- 1.8 6 km WNW of Huntingdon, Canada
- 2.1 8 km WNW of Huntingdon, 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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