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M 2.2ml
Earthquake near Mentor, OH
No earthquake was likely felt in Mentor in the 24 hours to 4:14 am EST (09:14 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 23 km (14 mi) NE, at 6:12 pm EDT on 8 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 13 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Mentor
This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 34 km (21 mi) east of Mentor, OH, at 2:43 am EDT on 23 May 2026 (06:43 UTC), 10 km deep.
USGS: 5 km W of Rock Creek, Ohio
66 km (41 mi) ENE of Cleveland, OH
- When
- 2:43 am EDT on 23 May 2026 ()
- Where
- 34 km (21 mi) east of Mentor, OH · earthquakes near Mentor
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lake County, 26 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 98 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 31 km (19 mi) from the epicentre. In Mentor, 34 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.
Likely felt in: Madison 15 km, intensity II · Painesville 27 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
- 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2019-06-10 — about 500 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 The 1998 Pymatuning, Pennsylvania Earthquake · 49 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.0 4 km NNW of Chardon, Ohio · 20 km W 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 41.6697, -80.9257. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County, OH | 26 km (16 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Geauga County, OH | 28 km (17 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Geauga County |
| Ashtabula County, OH | 30 km (19 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Ashtabula County |
| Trumbull County, OH | 42 km (26 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Trumbull County |
| Cuyahoga County, OH | 58 km (36 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Cuyahoga County |
| Portage County, OH | 60 km (37 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Portage 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.
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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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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