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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5md

5 km NW of Russellville, Ohio

· 13 km deep · released about 160 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Brown County 4 kmAdams County 32 kmClermont County 32 kmMason County 34 kmBracken County 35 kmHighland County 37 kmCampbell County 48 kmRobertson County 48 kmPendleton County 51 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Brown County, 4 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2693 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 160 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 95,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 68,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 160 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 38.9033, -83.8322. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Brown County, OH 4 km (3 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Brown County
Adams County, OH 32 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Adams County
Clermont County, OH 32 km (20 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Clermont County
Mason County, KY 34 km (21 mi) N of here earthquakes near Mason County
Bracken County, KY 35 km (22 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Bracken County
Highland County, OH 37 km (23 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Highland 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. 2.2 2 km SSE of Concord, Kentucky
  2. 2.5 2 km NE of Hillsboro, Ohio
  3. 2.4 6 km SSE of Georgetown, Ohio
  4. 2.2 3 km SSW of Bentonville, Ohio
  5. 2.5 3 km SW of Old Washington, Kentucky
  6. 2.1 3 km SE of Ripley, Ohio
  7. 3.0 2 km E of Manchester, Ohio
  8. 2.1 10 km S of Concord, Kentucky
  9. 1.8 11 km SE of Maysville, Kentucky

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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