A small earthquake was recorded on Tuesday in Lake County in an area where several underground tremors have occurred over the past few months.
The United States Geological Survey reports that the earthquake on Tuesday in Madison had a magnitude of 2.4. The epicenter of the quake was located at a depth of about 5 kilometers beneath the surface south of Lake Erie.
Earthquakes with a magnitude of less than 2.5 are usually not felt.
According to the United States Geological Survey, small earthquakes are not uncommon in northeastern Ohio, and the largest of them, with a magnitude of 4.8, was recorded in 1986.
In August, a magnitude 4.2 earthquake was recorded in the Madison area, one of two earthquakes that occurred over a few days. The 4.2 magnitude quake caused some beer taps at Debonne Vineyards to open, spilling about 30 gallons of beer onto the floor, and also caused a crack in the vineyard's chimney, about the width of a hair.
