Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.1mb_lg
3 km S of Pleasant City, Ohio
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.1 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 6.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- 68 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Noble County, 14 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 443 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 68 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,300 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 250,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 11,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,900× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,300 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.4× more
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.
Where
Epicentre 39.8757, -81.5461. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble County, OH | 14 km (9 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Noble County |
| Guernsey County, OH | 21 km (13 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Guernsey County |
| Muskingum County, OH | 35 km (22 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Muskingum County |
| Morgan County, OH | 39 km (24 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Morgan County |
| Monroe County, OH | 42 km (26 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Monroe County |
| Washington County, OH | 47 km (30 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Washington County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
3 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.9 3 km S of Pleasant City, Ohio
- 2.3 2 km SW of Pleasant City, Ohio
- 2.8 1 km SE of Pleasant City, 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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