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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5ml

7 km NNW of Vincent, Ohio

· 11 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 19 kmMorgan County 24 kmWood County 30 kmAthens County 31 kmNoble County 43 kmMeigs County 47 kmPleasants County 48 kmWirt County 54 kmPerry County 56 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
Magnitude
M 2.5 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
10 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Washington County, 19 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3082 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 10 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. 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.

Where

Epicentre 39.4368, -81.7153. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washington County, OH 19 km (12 mi) W of here earthquakes near Washington County
Morgan County, OH 24 km (15 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Morgan County
Wood County, WV 30 km (19 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Wood County
Athens County, OH 31 km (19 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Athens County
Noble County, OH 43 km (27 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Noble County
Meigs County, OH 47 km (29 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Meigs County

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

Aftershocks so far

4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.2 7 km N of New Marshfield, Ohio
  2. 2.4 2 km ENE of Reno, Ohio
  3. 2.8 0 km NE of Reno, Ohio
  4. 2.2 1 km ENE of Reno, 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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