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M 1.8ml

Earthquake near Eastlake, OH

No earthquake was likely felt in Eastlake in the 24 hours to 11:47 am EST (16:47 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 32 km (20 mi) ENE, at 6:55 pm EST on 5 March 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 304 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Eastlake

This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) north-northwest of Eastlake, OH, at 4:06 pm EDT on 15 June 2019 (20:06 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 3 km NNW of Lakeline, Ohio

29 km (18 mi) NE of Cleveland, OH

4:06 pm EDT, Jun 15, 2019 · · 5.0 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cuyahoga County 18 kmLake County 25 kmGeauga County 33 kmPortage County 62 kmSummit County 63 kmLorain County 65 kmAshtabula County 65 kmTrumbull County 73 kmMedina County 73 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
4:06 pm EDT on 15 June 2019 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) north-northwest of Eastlake, OH · earthquakes near Eastlake
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Cuyahoga County, 18 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2623 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 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. In Eastlake, 5 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: Willowick, Willoughby, Wickliffe, Mentor-on-the-Lake, Willoughby Hills, Euclid.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2019-06-10 — about 2,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.0 4 km NNW of Chardon, Ohio · 27 km E 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 41.6891, -81.4780. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Cuyahoga County, OH 18 km (11 mi) SW earthquakes near Cuyahoga County
Lake County, OH 25 km (16 mi) ENE earthquakes near Lake County
Geauga County, OH 33 km (20 mi) SE earthquakes near Geauga County
Portage County, OH 62 km (39 mi) SSE earthquakes near Portage County
Summit County, OH 63 km (39 mi) S earthquakes near Summit County
Lorain County, OH 65 km (40 mi) WSW earthquakes near Lorain County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 1 km W of North Perry, Ohio
  2. 2.0 3 km SE of Madison, Ohio
  3. 2.1 2 km SE of Madison, Ohio
  4. 2.2 6 km SE of Madison, Ohio
  5. 2.3 4 km SE of Madison, Ohio
  6. 2.9 3 km SW of Madison, Ohio
  7. 2.2 3 km SSE of Madison, Ohio
  8. 2.7 4 km ENE of North Madison, Ohio
  9. 2.3 2 km SSE of Madison, Ohio
  10. 2.5 4 km ESE of Madison, Ohio
  11. 2.0 2 km ESE of Madison, Ohio
  12. 1.8 5 km NW of Lakeline, Ohio
  13. 2.2 2 km ESE of Madison, Ohio
  14. 1.7 1 km ESE of Madison, Ohio
  15. 2.6 1 km E of Madison, 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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