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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Mentor, OH
No earthquake was likely felt in Mentor in the 24 hours to 2:07 am EST (07:07 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 1.9 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) west-northwest of Mentor, OH, at 5:25 am EST on 5 January 2022 (10:25 UTC), 4.7 km deep. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 5 km N of Timberlake, Ohio
33 km (20 mi) NE of Cleveland, OH
- When
- 5:25 am EST on 5 January 2022 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) west-northwest of Mentor, OH · earthquakes near Mentor
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- 7 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Lake County, 22 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1705 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 20 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Mentor, 10 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: Painesville 17 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 1,400 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 4 km NNW of Chardon, Ohio · 25 km ESE 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 41.7142, -81.4444. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County, OH | 22 km (13 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Cuyahoga County, OH | 22 km (14 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Cuyahoga County |
| Geauga County, OH | 33 km (20 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Geauga County |
| Ashtabula County, OH | 62 km (38 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Ashtabula County |
| Portage County, OH | 64 km (40 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Portage County |
| Summit County, OH | 66 km (41 mi) | S | earthquakes near Summit County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
39 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 1 km W of North Perry, Ohio
- 2.0 3 km SE of Madison, Ohio
- 2.2 5 km W of Rock Creek, Ohio
- 2.1 2 km SE of Madison, Ohio
- 2.2 6 km SE of Madison, Ohio
- 2.3 4 km SE of Madison, Ohio
- 2.9 3 km SW of Madison, Ohio
- 2.2 3 km SSE of Madison, Ohio
- 2.7 4 km ENE of North Madison, Ohio
- 2.3 2 km SSE of Madison, Ohio
- 2.5 4 km ESE of Madison, Ohio
- 2.0 2 km ESE of Madison, Ohio
- 1.8 5 km NW of Lakeline, Ohio
- 2.2 2 km ESE of Madison, Ohio
- 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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