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Ohio Earthquake on June 03, 2001:

Origin Time: June 03, 2001, 06:36:46.39 p.m. EST / 22:36:46.39 UTC
Location: 41.87º N   80.76º W
Magnitude: mbLg = 3.2
Depth: 2.5 km



Residents of Ashtabula and nearby areas were shaken by another earthquake on June 3, 2001, at 6:36 p.m. This event had a magnitude of 3.2, as determined by the Ohio Seismic Network. No damage was reported, although more than 90 felt reports were received by the Ashtabula County Emergency Management Agency. A 2.3-magnitude aftershock was recorded at 4:27 a.m. on June 5. One person reported feeling it. The epicenter location is east of Ashtabula.
 
These earthquakes follow a 2.6-magnitude event on January 20 and a 4.5-magnitude event on January 25. The latter event resulted in at least 50 reports of damage. The cause of this earthquake sequence is unknown at this time but is being investigated by the Ohio Seismic Network and seismologists from Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University and the University of Michigan.

 Felt Report Posted on USGS Earthquake Hazards Program web site



 Station   Phase   Arrival   X (Dist º)   Azimuth   Res   Res (nuEpi) 
 ACEO   P   22:36:48.70   0.14   183.32   -0.25   -0.09 
 MUCO   P   22:36:64.40   1.01   195.09   -0.31   -0.10 
 MUCO   S   22:36:77.60   1.01   195.09   -0.11   -0.18 
 LCCO   P   22:36:56.40   0.51   241.87    0.75   -0.09 
 LCCO   S   22:36:61.60   0.51   241.87   -0.61   -0.15 
 TYNO   P   22:36:71.58   1.38   27.99    0.15    0.10 
 RD03   P   22:36:72.50   1.43   24.42    0.08    0.11 
 RD04   P   22:36:73.57   1.49   31.13    0.11    0.10 
 EFO   P   22:36:75.65   1.61   40.79   -0.01    0.10 
 ACSO   P   22:36:86.70   2.35   226.10   -0.18   -0.08 
 BRCO   P   22:36:87.78   2.42   348.37   -0.05   0.06 
 OGSO   P   22:36:88.80   2.47   223.00   0.29   -0.08 
 SSPA   P   22:36:88.80   2.49   119.09   0.00   0.00 
 
Stations and data for Epicenter solution

 

 

 
Seismogram recorded at Ohioseis station MUCO

 


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