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M 1.6ml

1 km WNW of Lyon Mountain, New York

· 6.2 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clinton County 18 kmFranklin County 34 kmGrand Isle County 50 kmEssex County 70 kmChittenden County 74 kmFranklin County 82 kmSt. Lawrence County 95 kmAddison County 99 kmLamoille County 103 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Clinton County, 18 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1058 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 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 44.7283, -73.9266. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Clinton County, NY 18 km (11 mi) W of here earthquakes near Clinton County
Franklin County, NY 34 km (21 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Franklin County
Grand Isle County, VT 50 km (31 mi) W of here earthquakes near Grand Isle County
Essex County, NY 70 km (43 mi) N of here earthquakes near Essex County
Chittenden County, VT 74 km (46 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Chittenden County
Franklin County, VT 82 km (51 mi) W of here earthquakes near Franklin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 6 km ESE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
  2. 2.0 3 km WNW of Keeseville, New York
  3. 1.9 6 km WNW of Morrisonville, New York
  4. 2.7 4 km NNW of Chazy, New York
  5. 1.5 3 km SE of Lyon Mountain, New York
  6. 2.0 3 km NW of Chazy, New York
  7. 1.7 8 km S of Dannemora, New York
  8. 2.8 11 km SSW of Sainte-Martine, Canada
  9. 2.5 10 km S of Franklin, Canada
  10. 1.8 6 km WNW of Huntingdon, Canada
  11. 2.1 8 km WNW of Huntingdon, Canada
  12. 3.1 6 km WNW of Huntingdon, Canada
  13. 1.9 8 km ESE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
  14. 1.8 4 km NNW of Chazy, New York
  15. 1.9 4 km NNE of Huntingdon, Canada

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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