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Ohio Seismicity

Energy Released by Quakes

Earthquake Intensity versus Magnitude

Relative Magnitude of Large Earthquakes

USGS
(United States Geological Services)

ODNR
Ohio Geological Survey

IRIS Seismic Monitor
(National Earthquake Information Center)

MichSeis
U. Michigan

SOSN
Southern Ontario Seismic Network

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OhioSeis utilizes a broadband, digitally recording seismometer registered by a GPS clock. Our mission is to collect information on regional and global seismic events and to disseminate this information to the local community and to interested researchers.

Latitude - 40 degrees, 48.95' north Longitude - 81 degrees, 56.27' west

Selected Recent Events Recorded by OhioSeis

National/International Events

December 25, 2004 Earthquake Images and Information

Local Events

Ashtabula Event (7/17/03) Magnitude 2.5
More on Ashtabula Seismicity

Lake County Event (6/30/03) Magnitude 3.5
Plain Dealer article

"When the Earth Shakes in Ohio" A Q&A that appeared in The Daily Record, Wooster's local newspaper.

Bake an Earthquake Cake! This cake gets its name from the cracked surface created while baking. It tastes better than it looks!

The College of Wooster seismometer (COWO) is part of the State of Ohio's seismic network administered by the Geological Survey, Division of Natural Resources.

Status of Individual Network Seismograph Stations

COWO Data Files & Links to Other OhioSeis Stations

*Events Archive*

Previous Ohio Earthquakes

The content of this site is provided by the Department of Geology at The College of Wooster. For further information, contact:

Greg Wiles (email)