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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

1 km SSE of South Glens Falls, New York

· 10 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 16 kmSaratoga County 27 kmWarren County 35 kmBennington County 50 kmRutland County 59 kmSchenectady County 62 kmRensselaer County 64 kmFulton County 67 kmMontgomery County 78 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Washington County, 16 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1400 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 43.2836, -73.6276. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washington County, NY 16 km (10 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Washington County
Saratoga County, NY 27 km (17 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Saratoga County
Warren County, NY 35 km (22 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Warren County
Bennington County, VT 50 km (31 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Bennington County
Rutland County, VT 59 km (36 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Rutland County
Schenectady County, NY 62 km (38 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Schenectady 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.

  1. 2.0 4 km N of Milton, New York
  2. 1.6 0 km WSW of South Glens Falls, New York
  3. 1.6 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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