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M 2.7mb_lg

26 km N of L'Orignal, Canada

Yes. A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 26 km N of L'Orignal, Canada, at 4:55 am EST on 20 January 2026 (09:55 UTC), 19 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

· 19 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.7 (mb_lg)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Grand Isle County, 163 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 209 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 53 km (33 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 45.8552, -74.7503. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Grand Isle County, VT 163 km (101 mi) SE earthquakes near Grand Isle County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 4 km SSE of La Conception, Canada
  2. 1.5 22 km SSE of La Conception, Canada
  3. 1.7 9 km N of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Canada
  4. 1.6 25 km SE of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Canada
  5. 1.8 13 km ENE of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Canada
  6. 2.5 23 km NE of Saint-André-Avellin, Canada
  7. 1.7 18 km ESE of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Canada
  8. 1.7 3 km NNW of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Canada
  9. 1.7 26 km ESE of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Canada
  10. 1.6 29 km ESE of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, 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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