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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

1 km SW of Fairview, Ohio

· 1.0 km deep · released about 28 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Guernsey County 21 kmBelmont County 24 kmHarrison County 30 kmNoble County 36 kmMonroe County 38 kmTuscarawas County 49 kmMarshall County 53 kmOhio County 54 kmJefferson County 57 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
1.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Guernsey County, 21 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3707 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 28 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 540,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 380,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 34× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 28 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.

Where

Epicentre 40.0460, -81.2457. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Guernsey County, OH 21 km (13 mi) E of here earthquakes near Guernsey County
Belmont County, OH 24 km (15 mi) W of here earthquakes near Belmont County
Harrison County, OH 30 km (19 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Harrison County
Noble County, OH 36 km (22 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Noble County
Monroe County, OH 38 km (24 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Tuscarawas County, OH 49 km (30 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tuscarawas County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

9 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.9 3 km S of Pleasant City, Ohio
  2. 2.3 2 km SW of Pleasant City, Ohio
  3. 2.8 1 km SE of Pleasant City, Ohio
  4. 3.1 3 km S of Pleasant City, Ohio
  5. 3.1 3 km ESE of Buffalo, Ohio
  6. 3.4 1 km WNW of Batesville, Ohio
  7. 3.0 5 km W of Graysville, Ohio
  8. 1.8 6 km S of Stafford, Ohio
  9. 2.2 6 km SSE of Stafford, Ohio

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.

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