Hot! Eastern Ohio Rattled By 4 - Magnitude Earthquake

The quake's epicenter has been 5 a long way northwest regarding Youngstown, Ohio

Its detail has been preliminarily calculated at 1.4 miles under your surface

A scaled-down quake struck areas on December 24

(CNN) A 4.0- magnitude earthquake struck northern Ohio about Saturday, a week right after a similar nevertheless smaller tremor rattled your region, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The tremble was centered your five kilometers northwest associated with Youngstown as well as some kilometer after kilometer southeast involving Warren, your company said. Cleveland is 55 mile after mile east-southeast from the quake's epicenter, although Columbus is 145 kilometers on the northeast.

According for the preliminary estimate, that earthquake struck 1.4 a long way deep.

The U.S. Geological Survey notes, with its website, which there have been "moderately frequent" reports regarding earthquakes throughout north Ohio because initial one seemed to be documented in 1823. A 1986 tremor, testing size 4.8, brought on a number of damage. Another in 1998 scored some sort of 4.5 along with was focused in northwestern Pennsylvania.

According towards the Ohio Seismic Network, a 2.7- magnitude earthquake struck all-around Youngstown around 1:24 a.m. upon December 24.

"No injury has been reported," the actual network stated about its website. "More compared to ninety persons sent in reviews that will the (U.S. Geological Survey)."