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Earthquake near Willowick, OH

No earthquake was likely felt in Willowick in the 24 hours to 5:13 pm EST (22:13 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 35 km (22 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 Willowick

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded in Willowick, OH, at 10:06 am EST on 7 December 2019 (15:06 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 359 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 1 km N of Willowick, Ohio

26 km (16 mi) NE of Cleveland, OH

10:06 am EST, Dec 7, 2019 · · 5.0 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cuyahoga County 15 kmLake County 27 kmGeauga County 30 kmPortage County 58 kmSummit County 59 kmLorain County 63 kmAshtabula County 67 kmMedina County 69 kmTrumbull County 70 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
10:06 am EST on 7 December 2019 ()
Where
in Willowick, OH · earthquakes near Willowick
Magnitude
M 2.6 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
359 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Cuyahoga County, 15 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1772 days ago

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 51 km (32 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.

Likely felt in: Painesville 21 km, intensity III · Madison 38 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 130 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 · 26 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 41.6481, -81.4715. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Cuyahoga County, OH 15 km (9 mi) SW earthquakes near Cuyahoga County
Lake County, OH 27 km (17 mi) ENE earthquakes near Lake County
Geauga County, OH 30 km (19 mi) ESE earthquakes near Geauga County
Portage County, OH 58 km (36 mi) SSE earthquakes near Portage County
Summit County, OH 59 km (37 mi) S earthquakes near Summit County
Lorain County, OH 63 km (39 mi) WSW earthquakes near Lorain County

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

Aftershocks so far

45 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. 2.2 5 km W of Rock Creek, Ohio
  4. 2.1 2 km SE of Madison, Ohio
  5. 2.2 6 km SE of Madison, Ohio
  6. 2.3 4 km SE of Madison, Ohio
  7. 2.9 3 km SW of Madison, Ohio
  8. 2.2 3 km SSE of Madison, Ohio
  9. 2.7 4 km ENE of North Madison, Ohio
  10. 2.3 2 km SSE of Madison, Ohio
  11. 2.5 4 km ESE of Madison, Ohio
  12. 2.0 2 km ESE of Madison, Ohio
  13. 1.8 5 km NW of Lakeline, Ohio
  14. 2.2 2 km ESE of Madison, Ohio
  15. 1.7 1 km ESE 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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