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M 1.1ml
Earthquake near Bernardsville, NJ
No earthquake was likely felt in Bernardsville in the 24 hours to 4:13 am EST (09:13 UTC). The last one was M 1.8, 13 km (8 mi) W, at 1:30 pm EDT on 19 May 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 105 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Bernardsville
This page: a magnitude 1.1 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) north-northeast of Bernardsville, NJ, at 6:46 am EDT on 27 October 2026 (10:46 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 43 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 4 km NNE of Bernardsville, New Jersey
52 km (32 mi) WNW of New York, NY · 19 km (12 mi) NW of Plainfield, NJ
- When
- 6:46 am EDT on 27 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) north-northeast of Bernardsville, NJ · earthquakes near Bernardsville
- New Jersey today
- every earthquake in New Jersey in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 43 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Morris County, 12 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 14 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Basking Ridge, Mendham, Morristown, Morris Plains, Madison, Cedar Knolls.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 11,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 710× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.1 about 1.3 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.8 on 2024-04-05 — about 350,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 40.7543, -74.5385. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris County, NJ | 12 km (7 mi) | N | earthquakes near Morris County |
| Union County, NJ | 22 km (14 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Union County |
| Somerset County, NJ | 22 km (14 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Somerset County |
| Essex County, NJ | 25 km (15 mi) | E | earthquakes near Essex County |
| Middlesex County, NJ | 37 km (23 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Middlesex County |
| Passaic County, NJ | 37 km (23 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Passaic County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| reported intensity | 2 | 3.3 | |
| reported intensity | not reported | 2 | |
| felt reports | not reported | 43 |
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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