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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

1 km NNW of Essex Village, Connecticut

· 5.0 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region 10 kmSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region 28 kmSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region 38 kmCapitol Planning Region 52 kmSuffolk County 53 kmNaugatuck Valley Planning Region 60 kmNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region 63 kmWashington County 65 kmGreater Bridgeport Planning Region 71 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, 10 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 429 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. 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 41.3682, -72.3964. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT 10 km (6 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT 28 km (17 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT 38 km (23 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near South Central Connecticut Planning Region
Capitol Planning Region, CT 52 km (32 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Capitol Planning Region
Suffolk County, NY 53 km (33 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Suffolk County
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT 60 km (37 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

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. 1.5 2 km SSW of Deep River Center, Connecticut
  2. 1.9 2 km NNE of East Haddam, Connecticut
  3. 2.2 1 km S of Moodus, Connecticut
  4. 1.8 2 km W of Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, Connecticut
  5. 1.9 2 km N of East Haddam, Connecticut
  6. 2.0 3 km E of Plainville, Connecticut

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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