Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8ml
6 km NNE of Fair Haven, New York
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Wayne County, 36 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1276 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 43.3690, -76.6628. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County, NY | 36 km (22 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Wayne County |
| Oswego County, NY | 38 km (24 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Oswego County |
| Cayuga County, NY | 41 km (25 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Cayuga County |
| Onondaga County, NY | 55 km (34 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Onondaga County |
| Seneca County, NY | 67 km (41 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Seneca County |
| Ontario County, NY | 77 km (48 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Ontario County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
6 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 23 km NW of Fair Haven, New York
- 2.8 28 km WSW of Henderson, New York
- 2.2 12 km N of Pultneyville, New York
- 1.6 5 km NW of Peru, New York
- 3.3 14 km W of Ellisburg, New York
- 1.8 3 km SE of Brewerton, 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.
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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