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M 2.4ml
Earthquake near Fremont, IN
No earthquake was likely felt in Fremont in the 24 hours to 3:24 pm EST (20:24 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 52 km (32 mi) SSE, at 6:46 am EST on 29 December 2024, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 386 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Fremont
This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) east-northeast of Fremont, IN, at 4:47 pm EDT on 3 April 2019 (20:47 UTC), 5.0 km deep.
USGS: 4 km WNW of Clear Lake, Indiana
77 km (48 mi) NNE of Fort Wayne, IN
- When
- 4:47 pm EDT on 3 April 2019 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) east-northeast of Fremont, IN · earthquakes near Fremont
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Steuben County, 16 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2703 days ago
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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 41 km (25 mi) from the epicentre. In Fremont, 5 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Reading, Angola, Quincy, Coldwater, Hamilton, Hillsdale.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 41.7532, -84.8845. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steuben County, IN | 16 km (10 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Steuben County |
| Branch County, MI | 24 km (15 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Branch County |
| Hillsdale County, MI | 28 km (18 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Hillsdale County |
| Williams County, OH | 33 km (20 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Williams County |
| DeKalb County, IN | 41 km (25 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near DeKalb County |
| LaGrange County, IN | 47 km (29 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near LaGrange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further 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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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