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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

2 km NE of North Gates, New York

· 7.5 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monroe County 7 kmOrleans County 46 kmGenesee County 46 kmOntario County 48 kmWayne County 51 kmLivingston County 52 kmWyoming County 70 kmYates County 77 kmSeneca County 83 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
7.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Monroe County, 7 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 890 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 43.1899, -77.6834. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monroe County, NY 7 km (4 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Orleans County, NY 46 km (28 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Orleans County
Genesee County, NY 46 km (29 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Genesee County
Ontario County, NY 48 km (30 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Ontario County
Wayne County, NY 51 km (32 mi) W of here earthquakes near Wayne County
Livingston County, NY 52 km (32 mi) N of here earthquakes near Livingston County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 4 km N of Honeoye, New York
  2. 2.2 12 km N of Pultneyville, 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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