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Earthquake near Eastlake, OH
No earthquake was likely felt in Eastlake in the 24 hours to 11:51 am EST (16:51 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 32 km (20 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 Eastlake
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) north-northwest of Eastlake, OH, at 1:10 pm EST on 27 January 2022 (18:10 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 24 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 2 km NW of Lakeline, Ohio
28 km (17 mi) NE of Cleveland, OH
- When
- 1:10 pm EST on 27 January 2022 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) north-northwest of Eastlake, OH · earthquakes near Eastlake
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 24 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Cuyahoga County, 18 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1472 days ago
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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 46 km (29 mi) from the epicentre. In Eastlake, 3 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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 19 km, intensity II · Madison 37 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 180 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 · 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 41.6779, -81.4717. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuyahoga County, OH | 18 km (11 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Cuyahoga County |
| Lake County, OH | 25 km (16 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Geauga County, OH | 32 km (20 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Geauga County |
| Portage County, OH | 61 km (38 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Portage County |
| Summit County, OH | 62 km (39 mi) | S | earthquakes near Summit County |
| Lorain County, OH | 65 km (40 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Lorain County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
37 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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