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M 2.2md

6 km SSE of Stafford, Ohio

· 8.6 km deep · released about 64 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
8.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Monroe County, 16 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3575 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 64 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 64 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 39.6578, -81.2522. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monroe County, OH 16 km (10 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Noble County, OH 21 km (13 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Noble County
Washington County, OH 31 km (19 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Pleasants County, WV 33 km (21 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Pleasants County
Tyler County, WV 39 km (24 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Tyler County
Belmont County, OH 47 km (29 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Belmont County

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

Aftershocks so far

12 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. 2.4 2 km ENE of Reno, Ohio
  7. 2.8 0 km NE of Reno, Ohio
  8. 2.2 1 km ENE of Reno, Ohio
  9. 2.5 7 km NNW of Vincent, Ohio
  10. 3.4 1 km WNW of Batesville, Ohio
  11. 3.0 5 km W of Graysville, Ohio
  12. 1.8 6 km S 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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