Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.1mb_lg
9 km SE of Bedford, Canada
Yes. A magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded 9 km SE of Bedford, Canada, at 11:03 am EDT on 6 May 2020 (15:03 UTC), 14 km deep. 307 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.1 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- 307 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Franklin County, 22 km S
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2296 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 127 km (79 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Enosburg Falls, Richford, Swanton, Montgomery.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,300 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 250,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 11,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,900× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,300 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.4× 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 45.0596, -72.8946. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County, VT | 22 km (14 mi) | S | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Grand Isle County, VT | 43 km (27 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Grand Isle County |
| Lamoille County, VT | 54 km (34 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Lamoille County |
| Orleans County, VT | 57 km (35 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Orleans County |
| Chittenden County, VT | 68 km (42 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Chittenden County |
| Clinton County, NY | 72 km (45 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Clinton County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
3 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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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