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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

5 km WSW of Altamont, New York

· 15 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
17 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Albany County, 15 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1943 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 17 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 42.6828, -74.0989. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Albany County, NY 15 km (9 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Albany County
Schenectady County, NY 16 km (10 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Schenectady County
Schoharie County, NY 30 km (18 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Schoharie County
Montgomery County, NY 37 km (23 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Montgomery County
Greene County, NY 44 km (27 mi) N of here earthquakes near Greene County
Rensselaer County, NY 48 km (30 mi) W of here earthquakes near Rensselaer County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 4 km N of Milton, New York
  2. 1.8 3 km NNW of Voorheesville, New York

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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