Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8ml
38 km WNW of Millinocket, Maine
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Piscataquis County, 13 km NNE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1287 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 45.8061, -69.1545. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piscataquis County, ME | 13 km (8 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Piscataquis County |
| Penobscot County, ME | 58 km (36 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Penobscot County |
| Somerset County, ME | 71 km (44 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Somerset County |
| Aroostook County, ME | 109 km (68 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Aroostook County |
| Franklin County, ME | 135 km (84 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Washington County, ME | 153 km (95 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Washington 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.
- 1.5 15 km ENE of Greenville, Maine
- 1.5 20 km WSW of Millinocket, Maine
- 1.5 23 km WNW of Millinocket, Maine
- 2.5 35 km NW of Millinocket, Maine
- 1.5 31 km W of Millinocket, Maine
- 1.5 24 km WNW of Millinocket, Maine
- 1.8 19 km SW of Millinocket, Maine
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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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