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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Cleveland, OH
No earthquake was likely felt in Cleveland in the 24 hours to 7:26 pm EST (00:26 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 58 km (36 mi) ENE, at 6:55 pm EST on 5 March 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 304 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Cleveland
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 30 km (19 mi) north-northeast of Cleveland, OH, at 8:37 pm EST on 1 February 2022 (01:37 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 7 km NW of Timberlake, Ohio
31 km (19 mi) NNE of Cleveland, OH
- When
- 8:37 pm EST on 1 February 2022 ()
- Where
- 30 km (19 mi) north-northeast of Cleveland, OH · earthquakes near Cleveland
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Cuyahoga County, 21 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1671 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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Cleveland, 30 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: Eastlake, Willowick, Mentor-on-the-Lake, Willoughby, Wickliffe, Mentor.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 4,000 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 · 29 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 41.7238, -81.4974. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuyahoga County, OH | 21 km (13 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Cuyahoga County |
| Lake County, OH | 26 km (16 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Geauga County, OH | 37 km (23 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Geauga County |
| Lorain County, OH | 65 km (40 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Lorain County |
| Ashtabula County, OH | 66 km (41 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Ashtabula County |
| Portage County, OH | 67 km (41 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Portage County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
34 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
- 2.1 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
- 2.6 1 km E 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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