January 16, 1994 Earthquake: Reading, Felt to Canada, Pennsylvania, United States

Name: January 16, 1994 Earthquake: Reading, Felt to Canada, Pennsylvania, United States
Start: 1994-01-16
Location: Reading, Felt to Canada, Pennsylvania, United States

January 16, 1994 · M4.6

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck Reading, Felt to Canada, Pennsylvania, United States on January 16, 1994 at 01:49:16 UTC, 5 km below the surface.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: January 16, 1994
Time: 01:49:16 UTC
Place: Reading, Felt to Canada, Pennsylvania, United States
Magnitude: 4.6 (mb)
Focal depth: 5 km (3 mi)
Intensity: 5 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 40.330° N, 76.037° W
Country: United States

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 1994 The 1900s Every quake the USGS located in 1994 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

Sources

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 5371.