Lake County Ohio Quake
The 2 2 magnitude quake was centered about 2 5 miles north.
Lake county ohio quake. The latest earthquakes in lake erie ohio. Lake county three times in just five days an earthquake rattled lake county. Madison ohio the united states geological survey confirmed a 2 6 earthquake occurred at about 1 25 a m. According to the usgs website the quake happened 1 3 miles northeast of perry just before 10 p m.
Perry ohio a small earthquake was recorded monday night near perry in lake county according to the united state geological survey. Cleveland ohio a small earthquake was detected wednesday below lake erie the third quake to register in the region in less than a week. Wednesday registered a. Established on march 6 1840 lake county encompasses only 228 2 square miles of land geographically the smallest county in ohio but ranks 11th in population with 229 582 residents according to 2012 census estimates.
Tuesday morning in madison located in lake county. Since 1836 northeastern ohio has experienced more than 100 earthquakes many of them beneath lake erie offshore from lake county. M1 5 or greater 0 earthquakes in the past 24 hours 2 earthquakes in the past 365 days. The united states geological survey said the 4 0 magnitude earthquake was centered in lake erie about 2 1 2 miles north of eastlake ohio at 10 50 a m.
It s one of the most seismically active regions in ohio said jeff fox a seismologist with the ohio department of. Willowick ohio lake county had their second earthquake in less than a week on tuesday. A small 1 7 magnitude earthquake happened offshore in lake erie near willowick around 12 30 p m. Lake erie ohio has had.
Lake county ohio woio a 2 2 magnitude earthquake occurred in lake county monday night.