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Earthquakes in Ohio

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0 quakes of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days in Ohio. Most weeks here have none at all, which is why two is a lot.

Compared against Ohio's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated

The last 30 days

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Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M2.0–M2.5), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

Live · last 7 days

Latest earthquakes in Ohio

None in Ohio 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 40.355, -82.794 — the mean of this state’s place centroids, from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Activity is measured across a rectangle drawn around the state, so a few earthquakes just over its border are counted too.

Largest on record in and around Ohio

MagnitudeWhenWhere
M 4.0 1 km NW of Timberlake, Ohio
M 3.6 7 km SE of Madison, Ohio
M 3.4 1 km S of McArthur, Ohio
M 3.4 1 km WNW of Batesville, Ohio
M 3.4 Michigan
M 3.2 2 km SSE of Detroit Beach, Michigan
M 3.1 1 km NW of Chesapeake, Ohio
M 3.1 2 km NNW of Oak Hill, Ohio

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around Ohio, which takes in some ground over its borders.

Counties in Ohio

After an earthquake here