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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2mb_lg

1 km ENE of Reno, Ohio

· 5.0 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 12 kmPleasants County 19 kmWood County 22 kmRitchie County 35 kmWirt County 40 kmNoble County 44 kmTyler County 45 kmMonroe County 46 kmMorgan County 49 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
8 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Washington County, 12 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 536 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 8 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 39.3770, -81.3836. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washington County, OH 12 km (8 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Pleasants County, WV 19 km (12 mi) W of here earthquakes near Pleasants County
Wood County, WV 22 km (13 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Wood County
Ritchie County, WV 35 km (22 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Ritchie County
Wirt County, WV 40 km (25 mi) N of here earthquakes near Wirt County
Noble County, OH 44 km (27 mi) S of here earthquakes near Noble County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 2 km ENE of Reno, Ohio
  2. 2.8 0 km NE 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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