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M 2.5ml
Earthquake near Sandusky, OH
No earthquake was likely felt in Sandusky in the 24 hours to 3:12 pm EST (20:12 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 71 km (44 mi) NNW, at 10:32 am EDT on 26 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 342 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Sandusky
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 27 km (17 mi) northwest of Sandusky, OH, at 7:46 am EST on 7 February 2016 (12:46 UTC), 5.0 km deep.
USGS: 6 km W of Put-in-Bay, Ohio
83 km (52 mi) SSE of Detroit, MI · 57 km (35 mi) E of Toledo, OH
- When
- 7:46 am EST on 7 February 2016 ()
- Where
- 27 km (17 mi) northwest of Sandusky, OH · earthquakes near Sandusky
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Ottawa County, 15 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3859 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 46 km (29 mi) from the epicentre. In Sandusky, 27 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Port Clinton, Oak Harbor.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 170 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 41.6503, -82.8969. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa County, OH | 15 km (9 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Ottawa County |
| Erie County, OH | 38 km (24 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Erie County |
| Sandusky County, OH | 39 km (24 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Sandusky County |
| Lucas County, OH | 48 km (30 mi) | W | earthquakes near Lucas County |
| Monroe County, MI | 57 km (36 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Monroe County |
| Huron County, OH | 62 km (38 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Huron County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
2 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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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