Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5ml
6 km SE of Newfield, Maine
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- York County, 23 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1009 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 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 43.6080, -70.7938. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| York County, ME | 23 km (14 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near York County |
| Strafford County, NH | 40 km (25 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Strafford County |
| Cumberland County, ME | 43 km (27 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Cumberland County |
| Carroll County, NH | 44 km (27 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Carroll County |
| Belknap County, NH | 52 km (32 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Belknap County |
| Rockingham County, NH | 73 km (45 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Rockingham County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 2 km SW of Gray, Maine
- 1.9 8 km ENE of Lake Arrowhead, Maine
- 2.0 5 km S of Alton, New Hampshire
- 1.9 3 km WSW of Dayton, 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
- 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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