Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5ml
9 km NE of Granville, Vermont
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity I
- Nearest
- Washington County, 29 km NNE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1701 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 44.0429, -72.7624. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County, VT | 29 km (18 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Addison County, VT | 30 km (19 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Addison County |
| Orange County, VT | 32 km (20 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Chittenden County, VT | 53 km (33 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Chittenden County |
| Rutland County, VT | 54 km (33 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Rutland County |
| Windsor County, VT | 54 km (34 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Windsor County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has 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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