M2.0 earthquake Ohio
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Ohio on Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 2 km ESE 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
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-21 19:12:59 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.798° N, 81.067° W
- Region
- Ohio
- Felt reports
- 9
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.22 km ESE of Madison, Ohio · 1096 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 6
- 1.73 km W of Madison, Ohio · 1091 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
- 1.85 km SE of Madison, Ohio · 1090 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
Before
- 2.3Ohio · 1118 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
- 2.22 km E of Madison, Ohio · 1118 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 2.43 km SE of Madison, Ohio · 1118 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
- 2.3Ohio · 1122 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 34
- 3.67 km SE of Madison, Ohio · 1122 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1,722
- 2.34 km SE of Madison, Ohio · 1126 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 15
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kx8j. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:04 AM UTC.