M1.5 earthquake New York
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in New York on Sun, May 7, 2023, 12:22 PM EDT (16:22 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.6 2 km WNW of Rodman, New York. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-07 16:22:25 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.868° N, 76.018° W
- Region
- New York
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 1.81 km SW of Adams Center, New York · 1240 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 1.81 km WSW of Adams Center, New York · 1248 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 15
- 1.50 km WNW of Adams Center, New York · 1248 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.61 km WSW of Adams Center, New York · 1248 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.51 km SW of Adams Center, New York · 1248 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
- 1.50 km NE of Adams Center, New York · 1248 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 40
- 3.6New York · 1248 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1,804
- 2.61 km W of Adams Center, New York · 1258 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 128
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kasf. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:45 PM UTC.