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M 2.0ml

Earthquake near Newburgh Heights, OH

No earthquake was likely felt in Newburgh Heights in the 24 hours to 3:21 pm EST (20:21 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 59 km (36 mi) NE, at 6:55 pm EST on 5 March 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 304 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Newburgh Heights

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded in Newburgh Heights, OH, at 11:15 pm EST on 5 March 2019 (04:15 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 1 km NE of Newburgh Heights, Ohio

in Cleveland, OH

11:15 pm EST, Mar 5, 2019 · · 5.0 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cuyahoga County 11 kmSummit County 39 kmGeauga County 40 kmMedina County 43 kmLorain County 44 kmPortage County 50 kmLake County 52 kmWayne County 73 kmTrumbull County 76 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
11:15 pm EST on 5 March 2019 ()
Where
in Newburgh Heights, OH · earthquakes near Newburgh Heights
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Cuyahoga County, 11 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2728 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 24 km (15 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Clark-Fulton, Brooklyn Heights, Cleveland, Hough, Garfield Heights, Detroit-Shoreway.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 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 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.0 4 km NNW of Chardon, Ohio · 46 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 41.4592, -81.6529. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Cuyahoga County, OH 11 km (7 mi) NNE earthquakes near Cuyahoga County
Summit County, OH 39 km (24 mi) SSE earthquakes near Summit County
Geauga County, OH 40 km (25 mi) E earthquakes near Geauga County
Medina County, OH 43 km (27 mi) SSW earthquakes near Medina County
Lorain County, OH 44 km (27 mi) W earthquakes near Lorain County
Portage County, OH 50 km (31 mi) SE earthquakes near Portage 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.

  1. 1.8 5 km NW of Lakeline, Ohio
  2. 2.0 4 km NW of Lakeline, Ohio
  3. 2.4 4 km NW of Lakeline, Ohio
  4. 1.6 7 km NW of Timberlake, Ohio
  5. 2.0 1 km WNW of Willowick, Ohio
  6. 2.5 2 km NW of Lakeline, Ohio
  7. 2.1 2 km NW of Lakeline, Ohio
  8. 1.9 5 km N of Timberlake, Ohio
  9. 2.8 3 km NW of Timberlake, Ohio
  10. 2.0 2 km NNW of Timberlake, Ohio
  11. 2.0 6 km WNW of Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio
  12. 1.7 3 km NW of Lakeline, Ohio
  13. 2.6 1 km N of Willowick, Ohio
  14. 1.6 2 km WNW of Lakeline, Ohio
  15. 1.8 3 km NNW of Lakeline, 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.

On USGS

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