Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.6mwr
10 km S of Bliss Corner, Massachusetts
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.6 (mwr)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- 19622 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Measured shaking
- intensity V (ShakeMap)
- USGS impact alert
- green
- Tsunami
- USGS flagged this event for tsunami evaluation. Follow tsunami.gov for official messages.
- Nearest
- Dukes County, 26 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 119 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 19622 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 3.8 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.6 about 3.8 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 7.9× 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 41.5208, -70.9546. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dukes County, MA | 26 km (16 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Dukes County |
| Newport County, RI | 27 km (17 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Newport County |
| Bristol County, MA | 28 km (17 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Bristol County |
| Bristol County, RI | 34 km (21 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Bristol County |
| Plymouth County, MA | 55 km (34 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Plymouth County |
| Kent County, RI | 55 km (34 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Kent County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
7 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 3 km ESE of Acushnet, Massachusetts
- 1.9 4 km ESE of Narragansett, Rhode Island
- 1.6 4 km S of Bristol, Rhode Island
- 2.0 18 km NE of New Shoreham, Rhode Island
- 2.2 18 km SSE of Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island
- 2.1 18 km NE of New Shoreham, Rhode Island
- 2.0 9 km SSW of Bliss Corner, Massachusetts
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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