Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.3mb_lg
2 km SW of Pleasant City, Ohio
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 7.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- 7 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Noble County, 16 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 442 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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.
Where
Epicentre 39.8888, -81.5593. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble County, OH | 16 km (10 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Noble County |
| Guernsey County, OH | 19 km (12 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Guernsey County |
| Muskingum County, OH | 34 km (21 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 | 44 km (27 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Monroe County |
| Washington County, OH | 49 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
1 earthquake has 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
- 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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