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Did you just feel some kind of ground movement? A shaking, jolt, or swaying motion? Report it to the United States Geological Survey for investigation here. In each case, they will record your input. If it's large
enough or if a number of people report the same event, the USGS will examine local seismic records to determine a location and magnitude.
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Sunday, August 9, 2020, Sparta, NC - 8:07 AM (EDT) NEW! Magnitude: 5.1 Mw Hypocentral Depth: 5.1 Magnitude - 7.6 km (4.7 miles), +/- 1.7 km error USGS Event ID: 5.1 Mag. se60324281 Did You Feel It?: Contact USGS here, https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/se60324281/tellus (Fill out a short form) Further Information (as of 8/14/2020): 5.1 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document  as seen on the left, (PDF, 1.44 MB) |
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Thursday, July 30, 2020, Huntersville, WV - 1:57 AM (EDT) NEW! Magnitude: 2.4 Md Hypocentral Depth: 2.4 Magnitude - 4.4 km (2.7 miles), +/- 1.2 km error USGS Event ID: 2.4 Mag. se60323026 Did You Feel It?: Contact USGS here, https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/se60323026/tellus (Fill out a short form) Further Information (as of 7/30/2020): 2.4 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF, 1.65 MB) |
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020, Huntersville, WV - 8:36 PM (EDT) NEW! Magnitude: 2.4 Md Hypocentral Depth: 2.4 Magnitude - 4.7 km (2.9 miles), +/- 1.4 km error USGS Event ID: 2.4 Mag. se60322771 Did You Feel It?: Contact USGS here, https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/se60322771/tellus (Fill out a short form) Further Information (as of 7/29/2020): 2.4 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF, 1.65 MB) |
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Saturday, April 25, 2020, Portsmouth, OH - 6:33 AM (EDT) Magnitude: 2.9 Md Hypocentral Depth: 2.9 Magnitude - 26.9 km (16.7 miles), +/- 1.2 km error USGS Event ID: 2.9 Mag. se60288947 Did You Feel It?: Contact USGS here, https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/se60288947/tellus (Fill out a short form) Further Information (as of 4/27/2020): 2.9 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF, 1.57 MB) |
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Monday, January 20, 2020, Pulaski, VA - 6:02 AM (EST) Magnitude: 2.3 Md Hypocentral Depth: 2.3 Magnitude - 8.1 km (5.3 miles), +/- 2.6 km error USGS Event ID: 2.3 Mag. se60096323 Did You Feel It?: Contact USGS here, https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/se60098828/tellus (Fill out a short form) Further Information (as of 1/21/2020): 2.3 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF, 2.03 MB) |
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019, New Castle, VA - 4:41 AM (EST) Magnitude: 2.5 Md Hypocentral Depth: 2.5 Magnitude - 14.7 km (9.1 miles), +/- 1.9 km error USGS Event ID: 2.5 Mag. se60096323 Did You Feel It?: Contact USGS here, https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/se60096323/tellus (Fill out a short form) Further Information (as of 12/11/2019): 2.5 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF, 1.94 MB) |
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Monday, December 9, 2019 - 11:10 PM (EST) and Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 1:43 AM (EST), New Castle, VA Magnitude: 2.1 Md and 2.5 Md Hypocentral Depth: 2.1 Magnitude - 10.3 km (6.4 miles), +/- 3.8 km error; 2.5 Magnitude - 14.5 (9.0 miles), +/- 1.2 km error USGS Event ID: 2.1 Mag. se60096223; 2.5 Mag. se60096233 Did You Feel It?: Contact USGS here, 2.1 Mag.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/se60096223/tellus or 2.5 Mag.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/se60096233/tellus (Fill out a short form) Further Information (as of 12/10/2019): 2.1 mag. - USGS Event Page and 2.5 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF, 1.79 MB) |
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019, Mifflintown, PA - 8:30 PM (EDT) Magnitude: 3.4 Ml Hypocentral Depth: 3.4 Magnitude - 26.7 km (16.6 miles), +/- 0.4 km error USGS Event ID: 3.4 Mag. ld60171121 Did You Feel It?: Contact USGS here, https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ld60171121/tellus (Fill out a short form) Further Information (as of 6/13/2019): 3.4 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF, 1.68 MB) |
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Monday, June 10, 2019, Eastlake, OH - 10:50 AM (EDT) Magnitude: 4.0 Mb Hypocentral Depth: 4.0 Magnitude - 5.0 km (3.1 miles), +/- 2.0 km error USGS Event ID: 4.0 Mag. us70003xny Did You Feel It?: Contact USGS here, https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us70003xny/tellus (Fill out a short form) Further Information (as of 6/11/2019): 4.0 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF, 570 KB) |
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Monday, March 4, 2019, Alderson, WV - 2:41 AM (EST) Magnitude: 2.6 Md Hypocentral Depth: 2.6 Magnitude - 15.6 km (9.7 miles), +/- 2.6 km error USGS Event ID: 2.6 Mag. se60076828 Did You Feel It?: Contact USGS here, http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/se60076828#tellus (Fill out a short form) Further Information (as of 3/4/2019): 2.6 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF, 2.22 MB) |
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019, Shippensburg, PA - 6:52 PM (EST) Magnitude: 1.1 Ml Hypocentral Depth: 1.1 Magnitude - 5.0 km (3.1 miles), +/- 31.6 km error USGS Event ID: 1.1 Mag. ld60064308 Did You Feel It?: Contact USGS here, http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ld60064308#tellus (Fill out a short form) Further Information (as of 3/4/2019): 1.1 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF, 1.67 MB) |
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019, Conococheague, MD - 11:26 PM (EDT) Magnitude: 1.6 Ml Hypocentral Depth: 1.6 Magnitude - 5.0 km (3.1 miles), +/- 31.6 km error USGS Event ID: 1.6 Mag. ld60159661 Did You Feel It?: Contact USGS here, http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ld60063603#tellus (Fill out a short form) Further Information (as of 1/23/2019): 1.6 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF, 1.44 MB) |
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Friday, September 18, 2020, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Atlantic Ocean - 5:43 PM (EDT) Magnitude: 6.9 Mww Hypocentral Depth: 6.9 Magnitude - 10.0 km (6.2 miles), +/- 1.7 km error USGS Event ID: 6.9 Mag. us7000bq10 Further Information (as of 9/25/2020): 6.9 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF 2.22 MB) |
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Saturday, September 26, 2020, Southern Indian Ocean - 11:10 AM (EDT) NEW! Magnitude: 6.1 Mww Hypocentral Depth: 6.1 Magnitude - 10.0 km (6.2 miles), +/- 1.8 km error USGS Event ID: 6.1 Mag. us6000c1np Further Information (as of 9/30/2020): 6.1 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF 976 KB) |
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020, Pangai, Tonga - 9:13 PM (EDT) NEW! Magnitude: 6.4 Mww Hypocentral Depth: 6.4 Magnitude - 35.0 km (21.7 miles), +/- 1.9 km error USGS Event ID: 6.4 Mag. us6000c3kz Further Information (as of 10/9/2020): 6.4 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF 1.60 MB) |
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Thursday, October 1, 2020, Kandrian, Papua-New Guinea - 6:34 AM (EDT) NEW! Magnitude: 6.0 Mww Hypocentral Depth: 6.0 Magnitude - 109.2 km (67.9 miles), +/- 6.5 km error USGS Event ID: 6.0 Mag. us6000c3td Further Information (as of 10/9/2020): 6.0 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF 1.61 MB) |
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020, Levuka, Fiji - 6:11 AM (EDT) NEW! Magnitude: 6.0 Mww Hypocentral Depth: 6.0 Magnitude - 628.5 km (390.5 miles), +/- 6.0 km error USGS Event ID: 6.0 Mag. us6000c617 Further Information (as of 10/9/2020): 6.0 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF 1.53 MB) |
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Thursday, October 8, 2020, Kainantu, Papua-New Guinea - 3:35 AM (EDT) NEW! Magnitude: 6.3 Mww Hypocentral Depth: 6.3 Magnitude - 103.5 km (64.3 miles), +/- 5.6 km error USGS Event ID: 6.3 Mag. us6000c6mu Further Information (as of 10/9/2020): 6.3 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF 1.62 MB) |
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Monday, October 19, 2020, Sand Point, Alaska - 4:54 PM (EDT) NEW! Magnitude: 7.6 Mww Hypocentral Depth: 7.6 Magnitude - 40.1 km (24.9 miles), +/- 4.4 km error USGS Event ID: 7.6 Mag. us6000c9hg Further Information (as of 10/23/2020): 7.6 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF 1.62 MB) |
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Thursday, October 22, 2020, West Chile Rise, Pacific Ocean - 9:46 PM (EDT) NEW! Magnitude: 6.0 Mww Hypocentral Depth: 6.0 Magnitude - 10.0 km (6.2 miles), +/- 1.8 km error USGS Event ID: 6.0 Mag. us6000cbug Further Information (as of 10/23/2020): 6.0 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF 1.02 MB) |
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Friday, October 23, 2020, Fiji Islands Vicinity - 3:04 AM (EDT) NEW! Magnitude: 6.1 Mww Hypocentral Depth: 6.1 Magnitude - 463.9 km (288.3 miles), +/- 5.7 km error USGS Event ID: 6.1 Mag. us6000cbx8 Further Information (as of 10/23/2020): 6.1 mag. - USGS Event Page Download: WVGES Document as seen on the left, (PDF 1.63 MB) |
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Soon to be updated!
Earthquake epicenter data were compiled from several regional "catalogs". These catalogs consist of seismic event information that have been reviewed by seismologists. Unless otherwise noted, earthquake catalogs do not contain readings from "blast" or other related mining activity. Earthquake records are divided into two types: "historic" ones which were felt or recorded without sophisticated seismic equipment and "instrumental" ones that have data derived from networks of sophisticated equipment. Download this map: ♦ With data (1.82 MB) here: PDF . ♦ Download a detailed Microsoft Excel workbook that was used to create the map of the earthquake epicenters here: XLSX. |
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WVGES has an official USGS seismic station with two seismometers on site. Like radio stations with call letters, ours is "MCWV" which is
"Mont Chateau West Virginia". Information about the MCWV Station can be found here.
As of May 2015, the majority of seismic stations that were part of the Transportable Array Program
sponsored by IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) have moved out of West Virginia. Five seismic stations of the original
fourteen have been made part of the Central and Eastern United States Network (CEUSN) operated by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at the University
of California - San Diego. They remain in place and all are currently operational.
View current seismic reading "snapshots" from the links below! Explanation of the signal trace on a seismogram. ♦ Latest report from our seismic station MCWV via USGS here. (USGS Website) ♦ View detailed information for the other five Seismic Stations located across West Virginia here. ♦ Current and recent seismic helicorder plots via the Virginia Tech Seismic Observatory (VTSO) here . |
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