M2.3 earthquake 4 km SE of Madison, Ohio
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 4 km SE of Madison, Ohio on Thu, Aug 24, 2023, 8:43 AM EDT (12:43 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 7 km SE of Madison, Ohio. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-08-24 12:43:52 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.743° N, 81.017° W
- Region
- Ohio
- Felt reports
- 15
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
15 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.2 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 159°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.67 km SE of Madison, Ohio · 1130 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1,722
- 2.3Ohio · 1130 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 34
- 2.43 km SE of Madison, Ohio · 1125 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
- 2.22 km E of Madison, Ohio · 1125 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 2.3Ohio · 1125 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.0Ohio · 1105 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 9
- 2.22 km ESE of Madison, Ohio · 1104 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
- 1.73 km W of Madison, Ohio · 1099 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
- 1.85 km SE of Madison, Ohio · 1098 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kqmi. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC.