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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Hermitage, PA
No earthquake was likely felt in Hermitage in the 24 hours to 5:33 am EST (10:33 UTC). The last one was M 4.8, 481 km (299 mi) E, at 10:23 am EDT on 5 April 2024, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 184,673 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Hermitage
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) north of Hermitage, PA, at 2:37 am EST on 15 November 2025 (07:37 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 5 km ENE of Orangeville, Ohio
32 km (20 mi) NNE of Youngstown, OH · 103 km (64 mi) E of Cleveland, OH
- When
- 2:37 am EST on 15 November 2025 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) north of Hermitage, PA · earthquakes near Hermitage
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity I
- Nearest
- Mercer County, 18 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 274 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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Hermitage, 13 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: Reynolds Heights, Greenville, Sharpsville, Sharon, West Hill, Brookfield Center.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 The 1998 Pymatuning, Pennsylvania Earthquake · 17 km NNE 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 41.3498, -80.4587. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer County, PA | 18 km (11 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Mercer County |
| Trumbull County, OH | 26 km (16 mi) | W | earthquakes near Trumbull County |
| Lawrence County, PA | 41 km (26 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Lawrence County |
| Mahoning County, OH | 46 km (28 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Mahoning County |
| Crawford County, PA | 48 km (30 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Crawford County |
| Venango County, PA | 58 km (36 mi) | E | earthquakes near Venango 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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