Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.4md
Earthquake near Albion, IL
USGS: 5 km SSE of Golden Gate, Illinois
67 km (42 mi) WNW of Evansville, IN
- When
- 7:04 am CDT on 8 August 2016 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) WSW of Albion, IL · earthquakes near Albion
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (md)
- Depth
- 22 km below the surface
- Felt
- 3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Edwards County, 17 km NE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Wabash Valley liquefaction features, under 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3629 days ago
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) WSW of Albion, IL, at 7:04 am CDT on 8 August 2016 (12:04 UTC). 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS. This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Grayville, Carmi.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 110 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 99,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.8× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 110 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 5 km SSW of Norris City, Illinois · 44 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.2 2 km ESE of Claremont, Illinois · 49 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.2 7 km NNE of Bellmont, Illinois · 30 km ENE of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 38.3113, -88.1830. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards County, IL | 17 km (10 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Edwards County |
| White County, IL | 25 km (15 mi) | S | earthquakes near White County |
| Wayne County, IL | 26 km (16 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Wayne County |
| Wabash County, IL | 33 km (21 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Wabash County |
| Hamilton County, IL | 40 km (25 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Hamilton County |
| Posey County, IN | 42 km (26 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Posey County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
16 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.5 6 km NE of West Salem, Illinois
- 2.1 5 km WNW of Grayville, Illinois
- 2.6 2 km ESE of Cynthiana, Indiana
- 2.4 7 km NE of Mount Carmel, Illinois
- 2.1 4 km NW of Bone Gap, Illinois
- 2.4 4 km WSW of Enfield, Illinois
- 2.7 9 km E of Parkersburg, Illinois
- 2.5 4 km ESE of Parkersburg, Illinois
- 2.6 3 km SE of Springerton, Illinois
- 2.2 1 km E of Parkersburg, Illinois
- 2.5 3 km SSE of Bluford, Illinois
- 3.8 4 km N of Bellmont, Illinois
- 3.1 4 km N of Bellmont, Illinois
- 2.2 4 km S of Grayville, Illinois
- 2.4 6 km WNW of Enfield, Illinois
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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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