Earthquakes in Fountain County, Indiana
Too few earthquakes here to say what is "normal"
Only 4 earthquakes of M1.5 or largerhave been recorded within 100 km in the 10 years of record we hold, and most weeks have none. A QuakeIndex score is a percentile against this place's own weeks — and when almost every week is empty, that number would just be reporting whether anything happened at all, dressed up as a percentile. So we do not publish one.
This is a statement about Fountain County, Indiana, not about our data: it is a quiet place. There have been none of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days.
USGS catalogue · updated
The last 30 days
Live · last 7 days
Latest earthquakes within 100 km
None within 100 km in the latest snapshot we hold; the full 7 days load from USGS as this page opens.
Source USGS · snapshot of
Where this is
Centre 40.121, -87.235 — the Census internal point, from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Activity is measured within 100 km of it.
Largest on record nearby
| Magnitude | When | Where |
|---|---|---|
| M 3.8 | Illinois-Indiana border region | |
| M 2.5 | 7 km ESE of Linden, Indiana | |
| M 2.4 | 0 km SSE of Pesotum, Illinois | |
| M 2.0 | 1 km SE of Fairview Park, Indiana |
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · within 100 km of the centre above.
After an earthquake here
- Report what you felt to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us, and they are what produces the intensity maps
- What to do during and after an earthquake
- QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For early warning, ShakeAlert reaches phones through Wireless Emergency Alerts and the MyShake app